[hammock]

>Not sure if irony/sarcasm will lead to a more productive discussion.

Productive discussion, perhaps not. Productive thought, I believe so. If it penetrates the reflexive defensive barrier that so many have around polarizing topics, that’s a win

[Pyramus]

I see your point, and if I understand you correctly, it is evidenced by the success of the Twitter/Tik-Tok/etc. recommendation algorithms.

I'm just not sure we need productive thoughts more that productive discussions, given that we will face more collective 'resource allocation problems' over the next decades.