[mschoeffler]

Social media fracturing relationships.

This hurts on a personal level (families, friendships). More importantly, what is the effect on society when we can't listen to each other?

Our contempt for each other has increased civil strife and violence, and we simply can't tackle large problems. Think about COVID-19, where political issues have prevented us from even agreeing on the cause of this plague - to say nothing of preventing the next one. And now imagine coordinating to prevent possible AI catastrophe.

We don't need to all think alike. But we better repair civil discourse if we're going to address any other problems.