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I'm curious what kind of business model would incentivize providing accurate, balanced information over spectacle and divisiveness.
by thayne 6y ago
I'm curious what kind of business model would incentivize providing accurate, balanced information over spectacle and divisiveness.
- BuyMyBitcoins 6y agoIt would depend on recommendation algorithms actively promoting that balanced content.
- dimator 6y agoNone. That's the problem. We've reached a point where the very engine of humanity's growth, capitalism, has revealed a huge vulnerability in its design.
- dragonwriter 6y agoThat flaw was apparent generations ago; yellow journalism isn't a product of the internet age. Capitalism also isn't the fundamental engine of hunanity’s growth, just a fairly recent stage in the development of economic systems that is likely as transitional as all the past stages.