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Making Sense with Sam Harris · August 2, 2024 · 75m
#378 — Digital Delusions
Renée DiResta
Renée DiResta on the state of our information landscape. Former Stanford Internet Observatory researcher on how misinformation, propaganda, and algorithmic amplification create alternate realities. The challenge of maintaining shared truth.
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DiResta: the information ecosystem doesn't have a 'misinformation problem' — it has a structural bias toward engaging content, and lies are inherently more engaging than corrections.
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DiResta: social media algorithms are belief-shaping environments. What you believe isn't determined by what's true — it's determined by what the algorithm shows you. Environment shapes cognition just as it shapes behavior.
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