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by spiffytech 1321 days ago
> The idea that giving people access to more knowledge about the world and about other perspectives would be a big help in addressing social problems isn't crazy.

The idealized version of the internet always looked to me like "everyone would get along if we just understood each other. Giving everyone a platform solves that.".

The internet is showing us that reality seems more like, "everyone would agree with me if I just knew the right thing to say to them. But they refuse to stop being wrong, so I need to be more vocal.".