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> Somehow, we need to figure out a trick to move this cognitive error from the periphery of consciousness to center stage To get meta: is not this suggestion p
by aaavl2821 9y ago
> Somehow, we need to figure out a trick to move this cognitive error from the periphery of consciousness to center stage
To get meta: is not this suggestion potentially a result of the "summer of the shark" bias? If not for all of the media reporting on fake news, election interference and Facebooks bad behavior, would the author still make this recommendation? As others have said on many posts about the Cambridge analytica scandal, we've known for years Facebook collects and shares all our data; why is it an issue now but not then?
We only have so much cognitive space and cant mentally solve every cognitive bias we have, and can't solve every problem in the world. what empirical evidence is there that this "summer of the shark" phenomenon deserves to be center stage vs any other problem? Not saying it doesn't deserve more attention than say school shootings or the cognitive bias of loss aversion for example, just wondering whether there's evidence to confirm this