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TinyViolins · 31-35, M
The thing about life that sickens me is that the modern human brain developed long before we had things like academia, or philosophy, or science, or record-keeping. It prioritized survival before rationality, and developed a multitude of cognitive biases as a shortcut for decision-making. People often lack awareness of these biases and proceed to do great harms to each other and to the environment all for the sake of their own well-being.
The internet is ruined because of this, because now we have the technology to broadcast these biases and spread destructive ideas and sentiments to people all over the world. Without understanding the ways we can deceive ourselves or be deceived, we fail to see the differences between propaganda and reality, between conspiracies and knowledge, between speculation and information, or between what's fact and what's fiction.
People just go wherever their survival instincts lead them, and that's often to arms against each other.
The internet is ruined because of this, because now we have the technology to broadcast these biases and spread destructive ideas and sentiments to people all over the world. Without understanding the ways we can deceive ourselves or be deceived, we fail to see the differences between propaganda and reality, between conspiracies and knowledge, between speculation and information, or between what's fact and what's fiction.
People just go wherever their survival instincts lead them, and that's often to arms against each other.