I mostly agree with your argument here, but I think you're missing a key point about the nature of crowds.
Firstly, you're blaming this on people looking at the status quo and hating what they're seeing. But the media played a massive part in shaping people's view of the status quo in the first place. I don't agree that what people think they see is happening in politics/society etc. is what's actually going on.
Secondly, you suggest that FB should basically let users police the content themselves. They should be trained at better consumers of news. Personally, I believe this is just impossible at the large scale of crowds. It's the same principle used by marketing and ad campaigns. Very small influence on any one individual but scaled up to millions of people it has a measurable effect.
Surely this is just yet another example that the tax code in the US is far too complicated and convoluted. It benefits middle-men (i.e. lawyers) and those with enough money to pay them.
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I mostly agree with your argument here, but I think you're missing a key point about the nature of crowds.
Firstly, you're blaming this on people looking at the status quo and hating what they're seeing. But the media played a massive part in shaping people's view of the status quo in the first place. I don't agree that what people think they see is happening in politics/society etc. is what's actually going on.
Secondly, you suggest that FB should basically let users police the content themselves. They should be trained at better consumers of news. Personally, I believe this is just impossible at the large scale of crowds. It's the same principle used by marketing and ad campaigns. Very small influence on any one individual but scaled up to millions of people it has a measurable effect.
https://shift.newco.co/im-sorry-mr-zuckerberg-but-you-are-wrong-65dbf8513424#.draztzs38
More evidence the tax code needs an overhaul
Surely this is just yet another example that the tax code in the US is far too complicated and convoluted. It benefits middle-men (i.e. lawyers) and those with enough money to pay them.