Owen

went deep in psychology and figured out, okay, based on all these different characteristics of people, how do we personalize things for people?

How do we give them the things that are going to keep them coming back?

How do we keep them doing engaging?

How do we keep them replying and posting?

And that's all about how do we give them out that dopamine hit, you know, the infinite scroll and you know, like there's always something more to look at and there's another dopamine hit right around the corner.

Um, you know, so I think it's very true that the online environment encourages that kind of behavior.

And I also think, um, and some people point this out from time to time that it's like X isn't real life.

And, you know, there's one reaction to that that's like, well, yes it is.

These are real people saying what they feel.

But, um,

The view of reality you get from X I think is very different than if you just walk down the street and talk to people or what you see in your personal life or at work or any of that.

It's very different than what you see online.

People don't behave the same way and they probably don't even have the same views.

And certainly they're probably not at the same level of political knowledge and following and all of that.

So I think X and all social media, I think, can give you a very distorted view of reality and make you think differently.

That something is a much bigger issue than it is or that people really care about something when maybe some few people do, but not that many.

It's just this vocal minority that makes it seem like something is the consensus view.

And they may be very intentionally trying to create that fake consensus view.

So I think it's all brilliant.

I think he's spot on.