> unfathomably large amount of time worrying about someone who has no real effect on their life. I think this is wrong. The way in which we conduct online deba

> unfathomably large amount of time worrying about someone who has no real effect on their life. I think this is wrong. The way in which we conduct online debate does have material impact on our public life and policy. One example: if the shitshow that Twitter/X become changes the Overton window for what it's socially acceptable to say in public debate then that could be a net negative. It may be legal in the US to abuse and wish rape upon most women in public life but Elon's practical defence of that kind of free speech on his platform is in my view a net negative. Note, I'm not arguing that any particular type of speech should be banned — just that, given recent history, it seems that these kind of social norms are not self policing any more.