Friday 25th August 2023

Topics:

• For some people, nothing is real until it's posted on social media for affirmation.
• The affirmation comes from online echo chambers, that grow organically when like-minded people find each other online with similar bias.
• The confirm each other's bias, giving the impression that they represent a majority view.
• Sometimes they do represent a majority view, but that does no mean they are right: evidence is undervalued, truth is collective opinion.
• For many people, this is their truth: online peer recognition is everything.
• An opinion confirmed by online peers becomes a "fact". This is our world now.
• Those we disagree with the established orthodoxy are expelled from the group, and attacked for being heretics.
• In extreme instances, it really is a religious fever.
• Online they collectively create our own preferred versions of reality, AKA a mass delusion, reinforced by algorithms and group think.
• Online tribes are great, but dissenting voices should be welcomed and listened to.
• Dissent and robust but civil arguments are the solution.
• What I am working on this week:
  • Added a new report to https://five.today/ for calculating your average task closure time. That is now live!
• Media I am enjoying this week:
  • Foundation season 2.

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