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thank you! I didn’t include youtube influencers- i think its a great question. Tough to answer, especially because of the algorithms that hone in on one thing for us personally and push us in that... - lightseeker...
Exactly. The tobacco example demonstrates the mechanism beautifully because the manipulation wasn't primarily about presenting a new fact. It was about reassigning meaning. Smoking wasn't merely advertised as smoking.... - Wintermoon56...
I feel like if you have a platform use it. Athletes are very influential in American society. with that said I believe these celebrities rich ppl should be mindful of WHO made them rich and powerful enough to have a platform.... I appreciate this and it doesnt feel too cynical to me actually. It’s a good reminder that actually the country/world is doing really well on many basic goodness things like chronicled in Factfulness / OurWorldinData, despite these kinds of shenanigans being front and...