This is serious stuff, thanks for sharing. I've thought about this in my own life just seeing the the pressures on people who work to maintain connections acro

This is serious stuff, thanks for sharing. I've thought about this in my own life just seeing the the pressures on people who work to maintain connections across fractured social groups, who work to cultivate community. It can be very hard on people. Also reminds me of this quote by Andrey Krutskikh, a Kremlin cybersecurity expert: > You think we are living in 2016. No, we are living in 1948. And do you know why? Because in 1949, the Soviet Union had its first atomic bomb test. And if until that moment, the Soviet Union was trying to reach agreement with [President Harry] Truman to ban nuclear weapons, and the Americans were not taking us seriously, in 1949 everything changed and they started talking to us on an equal footing. I’m warning you: We are at the verge of having “something” in the information arena, which will allow us to talk to the Americans as equals. (https://themoscowproject.org/collusion-chapter/chapter-2/index.html https://themoscowproject.org/collusion-chapter/chapter-2/ind...) I can only assume that he's talking about some methodology related to this "conflict propagation" and that Russia isn't the only state actor pursuing these things. To think that critical dynamical modes in social networks are seen as opportunities to be exploited... it's wild but I guess not surprising.