Rachel Ziemba in this post / interview discusses the effects.
rziemba.substack.com/p/why-are-oi...
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Rachel Ziemba in this post / interview discusses the effects.
rziemba.substack.com/p/why-are-oi...
Assuming here that you’re more likely to see content from people you follow and which are popular / moderate
Thanks for sharing! What’s your take on why social media still feels polarising even though they found that the most popular accounts tend to be more moderate and closer to public opinion? Is it just that extreme content is more salient / memorable?
The more active users are on social media, the more polarized they are!
The opinions of the these extreme users are filling your newsfeed, but they are not representative of most citizens or even most social media users--which are far less polarized! arxiv.org/pdf/2603.021...
An analysis of over 14 million social media posts from accounts in Canada found that 87% of conspiratorial claims come from just 100 influencers.
This minority of users impacts politics, influencing what people view as normal and leads to self-censoring to avoid attacks from conspiracy theorists.
Could it just be a trend started by Dawkins in the selfish gene? He coined the term meme I believe.
I think it’s really hard to do these kinds of analyses - aside from embedded energy, I think another key point anyone would need to know before interpreting the data is how many times a day someone does the task. Nobody is concerned about a single prompt on an LLM when it comes to energy use.
Fascinating
Fascinating
@aoc.bsky.social journalists shouldn’t use any social media platform as a measure of public sentiment as it’s very skewed by a vocal minority who post a lot. “97 % of political posts from Twitter/X come from just 10 % of the most active users on social media” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@aoc.bsky.social journalists shouldn’t use any social media platform as a measure of public sentiment as it’s very skewed by a vocal minority who post a lot. “97 % of political posts from Twitter/X come from just 10 % of the most active users on social media” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Does 200 lines of Python code understand anything? My siblings in Christ I hope it’s clear how utterly bizarre this question is." www.todayintabs.com/p/a-i-isn-t-...
Excited to be finally giving a talk at TransformGov! 👏👇
If 90s and 00s girls magazines gave women body dysmorphia, LinkedIn is giving people career and life dysmorphia. Social media bias works in both directions it seems. 😢
I've lots of complaints about analytic philosophy (c.f. my blog posts about it being a failing research programme!) but I always need to be clear that my objections to it are absolutely not in the "be clear about your argument structure and the conditions under which your claims would be true" part.
Kent Psychology is hiring 🎓We have two posts: 1) open area and 2) cog neuro. More details can be found here: jobs.kent.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Feel free to reach out with questions!
'Four minutes of air conditioning'
The new, excellent essay by my colleague @hannahritchie.bsky.social on energy poverty.
ourworldindata.org/four-minutes...
The disruptive climate crisis makes hot weather hotter and cold, colder. This year, our overheated planet has been making some of our weather much colder and in Washington much snowier.
Ah no I hadn’t! Thank you for sharing.
Great thread on what it takes to inspire climate action - especially this point on why people often need help with the basics - who do I speak to? How do I convene a group?
@parisawright.bsky.social has started a new network to help people set up their own community sustainability initiatives.
I’ve wanted to go to Arizona ever since I watched Boyhood.
Sunrise in SE Arizona- shot on iPhone
Good Morning ☀️ 🏜️ Growing up in Michigan, this is NOT what I thought the desert looked like…
AI makes it much easier to produce fake news and disinformation- but I feel it’s massively under appreciated how much AI chatbots have removed one of the simplest rules of thumb everyone has for whether an article or piece of content is likely to be good or not - which is, how well it’s written.
Now, I’m not saying we should be using writing style as a good benchmark for whether something is accurate, but I don’t think it’s unreasonable for people to take it as at least some kind of marker of quality.
AI makes it much easier to produce fake news and disinformation- but I feel it’s massively under appreciated how much AI chatbots have removed one of the simplest rules of thumb everyone has for whether an article or piece of content is likely to be good or not - which is, how well it’s written.
Beliefs serve at least two core functions.
1) they help us navigate the world
2) they serve as signals to manipulate others
Philosophers & psychologists have focused on the first while largely overlooking the second
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A new article in Nature Medicine found that social connections were a surprisingly powerful predictor of a long life.
Living with a partner was roughly as beneficial as exercise.
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/debunking-...
Are you applying for one of our @cam.ac.uk summer schools? Don't forget that applications for all University of Cambridge programmes close tomorrow. 🚨
summerschools.suttontrust.com/university-p...
This makes me think of Carol from Pluribus who didn’t look very happy about being the only smart person left alive.
