Michael Morris

And liberals moved to the coasts and to the college towns. Conservatives moved to the heartland and to the exurbs. And that meant that you weren't going to the Norman Rockwell town meeting and listening to a wide range of...

And liberals moved to the coasts and to the college towns. Conservatives moved to the heartland and to the exurbs. And that meant that you weren't going to the Norman Rockwell town meeting and listening to a wide range of...

And liberals moved to the coasts and to the college towns. Conservatives moved to the heartland and to the exurbs. And that meant that you weren't going to the Norman Rockwell town meeting and listening to a wide range of...

opinions and having to reconcile your beliefs to your neighbor's beliefs you were living in these ideologically inbred communities where when you went to the grocery store or the softball game or whatever you kind of heard opinions very similar to the ones that you already held and then starting in i think the 90s you know you had this fracturing of the media landscape where

opinions and having to reconcile your beliefs to your neighbor's beliefs you were living in these ideologically inbred communities where when you went to the grocery store or the softball game or whatever you kind of heard opinions very similar to the ones that you already held and then starting in i think the 90s you know you had this fracturing of the media landscape where

opinions and having to reconcile your beliefs to your neighbor's beliefs you were living in these ideologically inbred communities where when you went to the grocery store or the softball game or whatever you kind of heard opinions very similar to the ones that you already held and then starting in i think the 90s you know you had this fracturing of the media landscape where

where previously there were three network television shows that were required by the FEC to provide very specific boring, bland, balanced coverage of every issue. So everybody was listening to Walter Cronkite. Everyone was getting their news from the same place. And everyone knew that everyone else was doing that, which contributes to that sense of common knowledge.

where previously there were three network television shows that were required by the FEC to provide very specific boring, bland, balanced coverage of every issue. So everybody was listening to Walter Cronkite. Everyone was getting their news from the same place. And everyone knew that everyone else was doing that, which contributes to that sense of common knowledge.

where previously there were three network television shows that were required by the FEC to provide very specific boring, bland, balanced coverage of every issue. So everybody was listening to Walter Cronkite. Everyone was getting their news from the same place. And everyone knew that everyone else was doing that, which contributes to that sense of common knowledge.

I know you watched Walter Cronkite last night too. So I feel a lot of commonality with you. And what happened is you started to have Cable news stations that were 24 seven news instead of one hour a night. And they were partisan. You know, you had Fox, you had MSNBC, and then the next generation were websites that were even more partisan, like talking points, bulletin, or, you know, the hill.

I know you watched Walter Cronkite last night too. So I feel a lot of commonality with you. And what happened is you started to have Cable news stations that were 24 seven news instead of one hour a night. And they were partisan. You know, you had Fox, you had MSNBC, and then the next generation were websites that were even more partisan, like talking points, bulletin, or, you know, the hill.

I know you watched Walter Cronkite last night too. So I feel a lot of commonality with you. And what happened is you started to have Cable news stations that were 24 seven news instead of one hour a night. And they were partisan. You know, you had Fox, you had MSNBC, and then the next generation were websites that were even more partisan, like talking points, bulletin, or, you know, the hill.

And then you have social media feed, which is even more of an echo chamber for reasons that we've all talked a lot about in the last years, that it's not just that I am connected to people who share my politics, but that I have...

And then you have social media feed, which is even more of an echo chamber for reasons that we've all talked a lot about in the last years, that it's not just that I am connected to people who share my politics, but that I have...

And then you have social media feed, which is even more of an echo chamber for reasons that we've all talked a lot about in the last years, that it's not just that I am connected to people who share my politics, but that I have...

ready opportunities to to spout off on my politics and get massively reinforced for it uh the the costs of virtue signaling have gone way down and the rewards have gone way up you know compared to the old days where you had to actually go to a political rally and shout in someone's face and maybe get shoved you know so um so yeah so we've had this

ready opportunities to to spout off on my politics and get massively reinforced for it uh the the costs of virtue signaling have gone way down and the rewards have gone way up you know compared to the old days where you had to actually go to a political rally and shout in someone's face and maybe get shoved you know so um so yeah so we've had this

ready opportunities to to spout off on my politics and get massively reinforced for it uh the the costs of virtue signaling have gone way down and the rewards have gone way up you know compared to the old days where you had to actually go to a political rally and shout in someone's face and maybe get shoved you know so um so yeah so we've had this

First, this fracturing or this sort of change in our residential landscape, and then a change in our media landscape, where we get our news from. And one of the fundamental changes tribal instincts is what I call the peer instinct. And it's something we all know about. It's our tendency to conform. It's our tendency to imitate what we see around us more than we realize. It happens unconsciously.

First, this fracturing or this sort of change in our residential landscape, and then a change in our media landscape, where we get our news from. And one of the fundamental changes tribal instincts is what I call the peer instinct. And it's something we all know about. It's our tendency to conform. It's our tendency to imitate what we see around us more than we realize. It happens unconsciously.