> I thought once everybody could speak freely and exchange information and ideas, the world is automatically going to be a better place If you value Liberalism

> I thought once everybody could speak freely and exchange information and ideas, the world is automatically going to be a better place If you value Liberalism, it's the actual ability to exchange information - independent of the ideas being shared - that makes the world a better place. The problem is that this information may not be true, and even when it is true, people tend to dislike the 'exchange information and ideas' when they disagree with the information and ideas being exchanged. Williams says so himself: > If it’s true that he wouldn’t be president if it weren’t for Twitter, then yeah, I’m sorry Sorry for what? Launching a platform where one can instantly read a wide variety of ideas and where narratives can be challenged as quickly as they're spun? It's like apologizing for creating the printing press because Martin Luther used it to kick off The Reformation. Anyone who uses Twitter has witnessed legitimate - thus credible - reporters and news outlets spread incorrect stories, only for Twitter to quickly call them out. So while much of Twitter may be poison, it beats relying solely on biased websites - such as the Washington Post - for information.