{"id":531,"date":"2021-02-16T10:17:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T09:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/16\/how-to-have-better-arguments-online\/"},"modified":"2021-02-16T10:17:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T09:17:19","slug":"how-to-have-better-arguments-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/16\/how-to-have-better-arguments-online\/","title":{"rendered":"How to have better arguments online"},"content":{"rendered":"

The troubled times we live in, and the rise of social media, have created an age of endless conflict. Rather than fearing or avoiding disagreement, we need to learn to do it well<\/p>\n

In 2010, Time <\/em>magazine made Mark Zuckerberg its person of the year. It described Facebook\u2019s mission as being to \u201ctame the howling mob and turn the lonely, antisocial world of random chance into a friendly world\u201d. During the first decade of mass internet use, this was a popular theory: the more that people were able to communicate with others, the more friendly and understanding they would become, the result being a more peaceable and harmonious world.<\/p>\n

In 2021, that vision seems painfully naive. Howling online mobs clash day and night, and some of them commit real-world violence. The internet is connecting people, but it isn\u2019t necessarily creating fellow feeling. At its worst, it can resemble a vast machine for the production of mutual antipathy.<\/p>\n

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\nThe troubled times we live in, and the rise of social media, have created an age of endless conflict. Rather than fearing or avoiding disagreement, we need to learn to do it well
\nIn 2010, Time magazine made Mark Zuckerberg its person of the year. It described Facebook\u2019s mission as being to \u201ctame the howling mob and turn the lonely, antisocial world of random chance into a friendly world\u201d. During the first decade of mass internet use, this was a popular theory: the more that people were able to communicate with others, the more friendly and understanding they would become, the result being a more peaceable and harmonious world.
\nIn 2021, that vision seems painfully naive. Howling online mobs clash day and night, and some of them commit real-world violence. The internet is connecting people, but it isn\u2019t necessarily creating fellow feeling. At its worst, it can resemble a vast machine for the production of mutual antipathy. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The troubled times we live in, and the rise of social media, have created an age of endless conflict. Rather than fearing or avoiding disagreement, we need to learn to do it well In 2010, Time magazine made Mark Zuckerberg its person of the year. It described Facebook\u2019s mission as being to \u201ctame the howling …<\/p>\n

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