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   Andrea Junker :verified: (strandjunker@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jan-2024 05:28:48 JST Andrea Junker :verified:

   Back before the Internet, we thought the reason for human stupidity was the lack of information options.

   I’ll put it this way: That wasn’t it.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jan-2024 05:40:25 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @Strandjunker
     Relevant, probably: the idea that Zeynep Tufekci talks about that noise — information overload, “flooding the zone” — is effectively another form of censorship. Making it hard to •speak• and making it hear to •listen• have very similar effects.