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- source: https://stratechery.com/2022/the-current-thing/
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- the entire point of the generic labeling (“The Current Thing”) is that there is a dynamic that exists independent of the issue being critiqued, and my contention in this Article is that said dynamic is Aggregation Theory for ideas.
- The first order implication is that there is an explosion of ideas; after all, anyone can publish anything.
- Most people, though, don’t dig that deep, just as they don’t dig that deep for content or contacts or commerce: it’s just far easier and more convenient to rely on Google or Facebook or Amazon.
- We all outsource our intuition for what events matter, and what our position on those events should be, to the most convenient option, especially if that option has obvious moral valence
- the Internet makes possible a wide range of viewpoints — you can absolutely find critics of Black Lives Matter, COVID policies, or pro-Ukraine policies — but the Internet, thanks to its lack of friction and instant feedback loops, also ==makes nearly every position but the dominant one untenable.== I**f everyone believes one thing, the costs of believing something else increase dramatically, making the consensus opinion the only viable option;**
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