Charlie Warzel

It's used by people all the time to stave off boredom in random moments. Facebook never sees that. It's always just the breaking bread over the table, even though they know better. I just think when you make these changes, especially when you make these radical changes very quickly, The unintended consequences always rear their ugly heads 18 months down the line in like a totally unforeseen way.

It's used by people all the time to stave off boredom in random moments. Facebook never sees that. It's always just the breaking bread over the table, even though they know better. I just think when you make these changes, especially when you make these radical changes very quickly, The unintended consequences always rear their ugly heads 18 months down the line in like a totally unforeseen way.

It's used by people all the time to stave off boredom in random moments. Facebook never sees that. It's always just the breaking bread over the table, even though they know better. I just think when you make these changes, especially when you make these radical changes very quickly, The unintended consequences always rear their ugly heads 18 months down the line in like a totally unforeseen way.

I wrote this piece that came out on January 6th with this researcher, Mike Caulfield, who studies information environments and all the bad stuff.

I wrote this piece that came out on January 6th with this researcher, Mike Caulfield, who studies information environments and all the bad stuff.

I wrote this piece that came out on January 6th with this researcher, Mike Caulfield, who studies information environments and all the bad stuff.

And the idea is basically that we're always thinking about misinformation as like, you know, again, Uncle Tim gets on his computer, sees a piece of misinformation, and all of a sudden, like, you know, oh, yeah, like Hillary Clinton has babies trapped in the basement of a pizza parlor. Like, I believe it.

And the idea is basically that we're always thinking about misinformation as like, you know, again, Uncle Tim gets on his computer, sees a piece of misinformation, and all of a sudden, like, you know, oh, yeah, like Hillary Clinton has babies trapped in the basement of a pizza parlor. Like, I believe it.

And the idea is basically that we're always thinking about misinformation as like, you know, again, Uncle Tim gets on his computer, sees a piece of misinformation, and all of a sudden, like, you know, oh, yeah, like Hillary Clinton has babies trapped in the basement of a pizza parlor. Like, I believe it.

Yeah, and really what's actually happening is that it is keeping you locked in your beliefs. Like the misinformation peddling that's going on everywhere is to keep people from having to experience cognitive dissonance, for having a piece of information come in and make them rethink their entire worldview. And January 6th is this great example of this, right?

Yeah, and really what's actually happening is that it is keeping you locked in your beliefs. Like the misinformation peddling that's going on everywhere is to keep people from having to experience cognitive dissonance, for having a piece of information come in and make them rethink their entire worldview. And January 6th is this great example of this, right?

Yeah, and really what's actually happening is that it is keeping you locked in your beliefs. Like the misinformation peddling that's going on everywhere is to keep people from having to experience cognitive dissonance, for having a piece of information come in and make them rethink their entire worldview. And January 6th is this great example of this, right?

Because we can't forget, like I saw them, you know, on the four-year anniversary, like dredging up tweets from, you know, Eric Erickson being like, you know, shoot the protesters, right? Like all these people on the right saying, this is unconscionable, this is horrible, right? So there's this moment where like a crack lets the light in, right? And it's like, oh, are we the bad guys here?

Because we can't forget, like I saw them, you know, on the four-year anniversary, like dredging up tweets from, you know, Eric Erickson being like, you know, shoot the protesters, right? Like all these people on the right saying, this is unconscionable, this is horrible, right? So there's this moment where like a crack lets the light in, right? And it's like, oh, are we the bad guys here?

Because we can't forget, like I saw them, you know, on the four-year anniversary, like dredging up tweets from, you know, Eric Erickson being like, you know, shoot the protesters, right? Like all these people on the right saying, this is unconscionable, this is horrible, right? So there's this moment where like a crack lets the light in, right? And it's like, oh, are we the bad guys here?

And this entire system spins up with these justifications, right? Offering this parade of evidence so that people do not have to experience that cognitive dissonance. They get, oh, actually, yes, see, it was Antifa. Yes, there were FBI agents leading people in, all that stuff, right?

And this entire system spins up with these justifications, right? Offering this parade of evidence so that people do not have to experience that cognitive dissonance. They get, oh, actually, yes, see, it was Antifa. Yes, there were FBI agents leading people in, all that stuff, right?

And this entire system spins up with these justifications, right? Offering this parade of evidence so that people do not have to experience that cognitive dissonance. They get, oh, actually, yes, see, it was Antifa. Yes, there were FBI agents leading people in, all that stuff, right?

as we were trying to like think through this, you know, this idea, this theory, it's like, so, so what does that do to people? Right. And it creates this stuckness, this, this like inability to look backward or to hold people accountable.

as we were trying to like think through this, you know, this idea, this theory, it's like, so, so what does that do to people? Right. And it creates this stuckness, this, this like inability to look backward or to hold people accountable.