The Toxoplasma Of Rage https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23972391 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23972391 X can get everyone to agree in principle tha

The Toxoplasma Of Rage https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23972391 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23972391 X can get everyone to agree in principle that Q is bad, but no one will pay any attention to it. And Y can get everyone to pay attention to Q, but a lot of people who would otherwise oppose it will switch to supporting it just because they’re so mad at the way it’s being publicized. At least Y got them to pay attention! They’re traveling up an incentive gradient that rewards them for doing so, even if it destroys their credibility.