As the amount of knowledge explodes and becomes a cacophony, people retreat to the things that are comfortable.
- As the amount of knowledge explodes and becomes a cacophony, people retreat to the things that are comfortable.
- Most of the information that is stressful to you is also wrong or even malicious.
- So why not focus on the things that are comfortable for you?
- That's a reasonable proxy that feels natural and at least somewhat justified.
- But when everyone does that you get self-polarizing, self-intensifying pockets.
- A society that is split into warring factions cannot thrive as a cohesive entity.
- All of us in modern society are dealing with the same cacophony.
- The things we all do to survive are also inadvertently destroying society.