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True but its paper and language based dissemination of information takes time. and Time is a good catalyst of strengthening or weakening sudden emotions. It giv
by quietthrow 7y ago
True but its paper and language based dissemination of information takes time. and Time is a good catalyst of strengthening or weakening sudden emotions. It gives space for rational decision making. Realtime comms like twitter etc eliminate that space and hence in effect make it more easy to act emotionally without giving the space to rational behavior to provide a balanced action (individually and there by collectively).. There is a reason why gun sales usually have a waiting period.
- luckylion 7y agoThe time you need to send out counter-information is the same, though. If your information dissemination is slow then so is you correcting some fake news piece, or uncovering some government propaganda - if it's fast, then so is your ability to combat it. Since there's very little (besides actual lynch mobs which don't happen in Western societies any more) that has a very short time window, I don't see the momentary emotional uproar as a problem. Terrorists aren't attacking some target because they read a rumor on Twitter 30 minutes ago, they are immersed in an ideological framework that doesn't require real time communication. Remember, McVeigh didn't have Twitter.