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Its easier for a fringe group to amplify their message and drone out opposing ones online because its 'invisible'.

It's interesting that there is a tendency to see TV as manipulated, but everyone knows that it is, so we expect it. When it comes to the internet we have blinders and think it's democratic, but the reality is that it is probably more manipulatable than TV ever was.

Isn't that how its aways been, less the mass unemployment at least?

Maybe the inefficiencies make it less obvious?

I'd say that voting with dollars is the only democracy. Most people don't have the value to choose correctly, or simply don't care. If people don't care why would the government feel forced to do anything?

I can not sleep if there isn't a door that I can lock / control. Stranger around, ever worse. Probably same reason I can't fall asleep in a public place, like on the train etc.

solutionism

There seems to be a dialogue change too, savers are being called 'hoarders'.

Imagine someone said, "please go out and toil this field in exchange for some scraps". You'd certainly say no, but when Facebook makes the offer, its seems alright to many people.

This has been a 'conspiracy theory' for awhile, why is it suddenly mainstream? There have been so many articles out in the last couple of days.

We need to stop seeing different types of personalities as diseases.

I write in my journal almost everyday, I've tried pencils in the past, but a simple pen is much more practical.

I'm not a fan of long reads on a device, but I don't mind long reads on paper.

Ad revenue is the most important part of this.

Part of the problem is that people screen cap youtube videos and post them on Facebook. Usually the creators would make money though views on Youtube.

I don't think his actions have much to do with what he believes, despite his intentions the government must function as it functions.

I think that Obama sincerely wanted to change things, but once he got the power he realized it wasn't possible, or he is a very convincing liar, so convincing that he believes himself what he said.

Seems like this guy has had bad luck in his decisions to sell apply stuff.

The worst part is that most people probably figure stuff like this is already happening, so we become cynical, when we find out its true our outrage is used up, then we see our powerlessness and realize that our leaders are probably in on the game already.

I've been told that Harvard Law is pass/fail, so you can be a crappy student (as long as you can get in) and still get a degree. Thus, firms that focus on top-tire schools get lots of bad lawyers who went to the right schools.

I sort of see top-tire schools like I see fake doctors wearing lab coats, if you want a lazy signal go for it, but it shouldn't be more than an ok and move on.

I guess nerds are alright, but if your identity is tied to the things you consume, ie books/comics, tv shows, fan fiction etc, then being a nerd is the same as being the anti-intellectuals this article is about.

I'd agree that not everyone likes the same kind of game. But people are being 'trained' to like these types of games, so you are going to find skewed results.

When I played games I realized it was for those rewards of accomplishment. I felt good about myself for a few minutes when I beat some hard level. Its worse when you are not getting those rewards elsewhere in your life.

This makes sense, if you have esoteric interests outside the range or regular people you will become isolated as it will be difficult to communicate with people.

I'm not a member of 99.9 or anything, but I tend to find it difficult to find similar interest to regular people. When I sense there is a possibility of a deep conversation I push the limits and test the person I'm talking with, usually it becomes clear quickly if they are in or not. If so we have an engaging satisfying conversation, if not we don't have much to talk about (I'm pretty boring).

There aren't many people who know what solipsism is, but when they do we can usually have a interesting conversation.

Wowzers, never realized that, thanks for the heads up.

I don't see how it is ethical to be exposed to ads, in fact ads make my mind sick and I think we should be striving for a better revenue model.

Patron is great.

I've been using Ghostery (with everything blocked) on all my browsers for the last couple of years.

I feel safer online and site tend to function better since I've started using it.

Banks benefit hugely when you use your credit card, they make money off the transactions. But also, they know that when you use your credit card you don't think about your purchase as much as when you use cash. With cash you watch it disappear, with a card its just some abstract numbers on a screen.

I've always preferred my own space, even when I lived with 3 other people I was in the basement by myself.

It may not have anything to do with where the people get the information. Sanders is the candidate young people can get behind, Clinton is more of what typical voters (older people) are looking for.

More simply, just look at the average age of a voter, they are not young people.

Almost every single store in Japan has beautiful packaging.

Or they can stay in the US and give companies outside the US a chance to pick up some business.

This already happens, its good business to NOT do business in the US.