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The Internet Loves an Extremophile
- acqbu 4y agohttps://archive.is/gS8nn https://archive.is/gS8nn
- RGamma 4y agoAs churchgoing declines in the United States and Britain, people are turning instead to internet gurus, and some personality types are particularly suited to thriving in this attention economy. Look at the online preachers of seduction, productivity, wellness, cryptocurrency, and the rest, and you will find extremophiles everywhere, filling online spaces with a cacophony of certainty. Added to this, the algorithms governing social media reward strong views, provocative claims, and divisive rhetoric. The internet is built to enable extremophiles. And that's why I never engage(d) with any MSM. It's like Satan's entourage has joined the server. I'm not religious but I can much more appreciate now that behavioral provisions exist in most (all?) religions.