Charlie Warzel
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It's good, but it's also because of this idea of like, whoa, like we're not used to, we've sort of lost our defenses for information that makes us, you know, question our worldview a little bit.
It's good, but it's also because of this idea of like, whoa, like we're not used to, we've sort of lost our defenses for information that makes us, you know, question our worldview a little bit.
It's good, but it's also because of this idea of like, whoa, like we're not used to, we've sort of lost our defenses for information that makes us, you know, question our worldview a little bit.
right yeah hurricanes aren't real this has been the problem my entire career right it's like i feel like i write things you identify a problem and then you're like sorry guys here's the problem but i do think like the person who has the you know the foolproof solution to that problem will probably win like a nobel prize because it'll like save humanity to some degree i mean there's all kinds of things right there's the
right yeah hurricanes aren't real this has been the problem my entire career right it's like i feel like i write things you identify a problem and then you're like sorry guys here's the problem but i do think like the person who has the you know the foolproof solution to that problem will probably win like a nobel prize because it'll like save humanity to some degree i mean there's all kinds of things right there's the
right yeah hurricanes aren't real this has been the problem my entire career right it's like i feel like i write things you identify a problem and then you're like sorry guys here's the problem but i do think like the person who has the you know the foolproof solution to that problem will probably win like a nobel prize because it'll like save humanity to some degree i mean there's all kinds of things right there's the
fixing different issues of media literacy, which is the boring and sort of, you know, eye-rolling answer to that. Clearly, we're not going to get any platform regulations, but also platform regulations are their own minefields. The way that I like to look at this issue, and I think... I've said this in different places before, is the internet and the democratization of speech in this way.
fixing different issues of media literacy, which is the boring and sort of, you know, eye-rolling answer to that. Clearly, we're not going to get any platform regulations, but also platform regulations are their own minefields. The way that I like to look at this issue, and I think... I've said this in different places before, is the internet and the democratization of speech in this way.
fixing different issues of media literacy, which is the boring and sort of, you know, eye-rolling answer to that. Clearly, we're not going to get any platform regulations, but also platform regulations are their own minefields. The way that I like to look at this issue, and I think... I've said this in different places before, is the internet and the democratization of speech in this way.
Think about multiple billions of people on Facebook at a given time. That is historic in the sense of humanity. We have not connected people in this way ever before. It is a media revolution on par with something like the invention of the printing press. And if you go back to that, that's... centuries of tumult and disruption.
Think about multiple billions of people on Facebook at a given time. That is historic in the sense of humanity. We have not connected people in this way ever before. It is a media revolution on par with something like the invention of the printing press. And if you go back to that, that's... centuries of tumult and disruption.
Think about multiple billions of people on Facebook at a given time. That is historic in the sense of humanity. We have not connected people in this way ever before. It is a media revolution on par with something like the invention of the printing press. And if you go back to that, that's... centuries of tumult and disruption.
And I think that like everything in the internet age, we will speed run that. But I think like we are all trying to figure out what the hell is going on, how to process it. Like it is rewiring our relationships to each other and to ourselves. And I think that it's this long process, process, right?
And I think that like everything in the internet age, we will speed run that. But I think like we are all trying to figure out what the hell is going on, how to process it. Like it is rewiring our relationships to each other and to ourselves. And I think that it's this long process, process, right?
And I think that like everything in the internet age, we will speed run that. But I think like we are all trying to figure out what the hell is going on, how to process it. Like it is rewiring our relationships to each other and to ourselves. And I think that it's this long process, process, right?
Where we develop new norms around how to communicate, how to share, how to do all these different things. It's a very unsatisfying answer. But I think when people are like, what button can I push to make life more sane? It's like, there is no button. There's no net underneath. Like, this is a new experiment for civilization to be doing this.
Where we develop new norms around how to communicate, how to share, how to do all these different things. It's a very unsatisfying answer. But I think when people are like, what button can I push to make life more sane? It's like, there is no button. There's no net underneath. Like, this is a new experiment for civilization to be doing this.
Where we develop new norms around how to communicate, how to share, how to do all these different things. It's a very unsatisfying answer. But I think when people are like, what button can I push to make life more sane? It's like, there is no button. There's no net underneath. Like, this is a new experiment for civilization to be doing this.
And unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, I don't know, we're all sort of born and living in this time period of like massive, massive societal, technological, cultural disruption. And it's bonkers.
And unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, I don't know, we're all sort of born and living in this time period of like massive, massive societal, technological, cultural disruption. And it's bonkers.