> For a while, we were able to avoid this dilemma by pretending it didn't exist and that the marketplace of ideas would ensure that bad ideas would just sink ou

> For a while, we were able to avoid this dilemma by pretending it didn't exist and that the marketplace of ideas would ensure that bad ideas would just sink out of existence, but it's getting harder to take that seriously Another possibility: it's working, but most people are wrong about which ideas are the bad ones.