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better connectivity -> people finding better friendship matches -> groups are more homogenous -> more polarization
by dauertewigkeit 1y ago
better connectivity -> people finding better friendship matches -> groups are more homogenous -> more polarization
- HPsquared 1y agoSelf-actualisation often leads to conflict.
- txrx0000 1y agoI think the causal relationship is not quite that way. better connectivity -> destroyed physical limits on group size -> groups not only get larger but also more ideologically homogenous because they're moderated by a central authority like how physical crowds are moderated -> people make friends more easily in those homogenous groups OR get kicked and start their own group, which also has the potential to get larger and more homogenous without limit -> groups have larger differences and clash harder More friends is a symptom rather than a cause.