Pessimistic prospects for a democratic resurgence
Our tech overlords weaponising neuroscience and psychology against us
Last time, I did an optimistic take for a democratic resurgence over the next decade, based on some ideas from psychology and neuroscience (link below). The argument is that, as actor Michael Caine once said, we will ‘use the difficulty’ (link at bottom) presented by social media - cognitive overload, mis/disinformation, polarisation - to develop better…
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