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And Adams even knew better. Earlier in his life he described the end result of optimizing elections for the candidate who best "catches people's attention". And
by whoopdedo 5y ago
And Adams even knew better. Earlier in his life he described the end result of optimizing elections for the candidate who best "catches people's attention". And that being that anyone capable of getting himself elected under those circumstances should in no way be given the power of holding office.
The media that is most "interesting" by web metrics is the least worth learning, and in many cases has negative informative value. Social media today is a million Zaphod Beeblebroxes saturating our senses.
- nzealand 5y agoAdams wrote absurdist satire, e.g. earth being destroyed for an intergalactic bypass. Everyone back then had a fundamental belief that the internet would make things better just like the printing press had made things better. E.g. the nets elevating political discourse in Enders Game.