> I often wonder whether that same technology has made people better or worse.
I don't think it's either - it's just exposed what people always were but now there's zero friction to telling hundreds (thousands, etc.) of people your beliefs whereas before you'd, what, write to a paper and maybe it got published and 600 people would see it.
I don't think it's either - it's just exposed what people always were but now there's zero friction to telling hundreds (thousands, etc.) of people your beliefs whereas before you'd, what, write to a paper and maybe it got published and 600 people would see it.