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Gradual social/political destabilization, caused at least in part and certainly accelerated by social media (FB/Twitter) and pervasive adtech in personal life (

• chillacy 6y ago
  Most of the political destabilization (in america) has been going on before social media: https://www.wired.com/story/why-are-we-polarized-dont-blame-social-media-ezra-klein/ https://www.wired.com/story/why-are-we-polarized-dont-blame-... > EK: ... The core story of the book is that over the past 50 years, the country’s dominant political coalitions have sorted by ideology, race, religion, geography, psychology, consumer behavior, and cultural preferences. This has, in turn, kicked off a series of feedback loops in which political institutions ... adopt more polarized strategies to both respond and appeal to a more polarized audience, which further polarizes the audience, which further polarizes the institutions, which further polarizes the audience, and so on. > Social media is one of those institutions, and in my view, is clearly a polarization accelerant. In the coming years it may prove a primary driver. But the bulk of the run-up in American party polarization predates social media, which means social media isn’t core to the story.