Over the course of the past century we've become enured to media selling our vices back to us. What happens when media sells our virtues back to us? In other

Over the course of the past century we've become enured to media selling our vices back to us. What happens when media sells our virtues back to us? In other words, it feels really good and righteous to be angry at the bad people. It feels really bad to consider that they might just be people. Not just bad - it feels subversive - disloyal to the in-group. It would take a heretic to claim that the demons are just sinners. --- I think the greatest qualities of humanity are curiosity, humility, patience and empathy, but it is very hard to feel curious, humble, patient and empathetic in many online discussions. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43055914 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43055914