I guess this is a source of worry/despair for me, since it feels like irresponsible actors can invent new bad arguments faster than those arguments can be debunked. #XC420
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I've been seeing a lot of rhetoric recently panicking about AI water usage, and it feels like vindication for my theory that of misinformation serves the purpose of backfilling justification for ideology. #XC420
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I wonder if these some amount of bias in what kinds of misinformation attract concern from experts. For example, even holding ideology constant, I see a lot more right-wing misinfo on the economy than what I see attracts concern. #XC420
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Which film? Link please! #XC420
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Where do you think this is coming from and why? #XC420
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Seeing some of the blatant disinfo propagating about the war with Iran on fringge parts of social media is pretty wild. I'm seeing stuff that's completely fantastical, like "Single Iranian Strike Kills 1000 American Soldiers." #XC420
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I've long suspected that we humans have a pretty core need to feel some fear–we'll expand the things we fear to meet that need. That makes us vulnerable to misinformation rooted in fear. #XC420
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I think it's a lot more intuitive and expected when you treat propaganda like it's just a type of dishonest rhetoric. All politicians need rhetoric, so it's natural for the dishonest ones to use a tool like propaganda: #XC420.
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You are looking at it like a real legal strategy but it is pure theater. Demanding someone be impeached or fired is rarely about actually removing them. It is entirely about signaling to your own tribe that you are the one fighting the bad guy. #XC420
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It is always fear. The reward is just the bait on the hook. In that film the speaker gave the regular guy a fake reward of feeling superior but the entire hustle was driven by the fear of losing what little he had. Fascism needs you terrified so you beg them for protection. #XC420
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The US military made this film in 1943 to warn us exactly how fascism creeps in by dividing regular people into targeted demographic boxes. Society completely forgot this masterpiece existed. They handed us the survival manual for demagogues eighty years ago and we threw it in the trash. #XC420
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#XC420 I wonder how far saying "you need to resign, be fired or impeached" goes, does such a declaration inspire belief or disbelief to the people around her that may contribute to the decision
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#xc420 Interesting conversation, political speak is pretty funny its like propaganda tactics are woven into their speech.
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I wonder whats more motivating feeling for a facist mindset, reward-seeking or fear? #xc420
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A reminder of what civic leadership can sound like, and what we must struggle to get back. #XC420 4/4
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"If we allow any minority to lose its freedom by persecution or by prejudice, we are threatening our own freedom….Here in America it is not a question of whether we tolerate minorities; America IS minorities." #XC420 3/4
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We screened this video made by the US government >80 years ago in my #InformationIntegrity #XC420 course yesterday. It was an attempt to inoculate the public from #fascism. 1/4 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAq...
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I think we really could solve all our problems as a society if everyone just had a really good therapist... So many of our problems are so deeply psychologically rooted #xc420
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#XC420 if fascism thrives off fear and lack of stability, is the cure as simple as providing hope and stability? Makes you wonder if learning to accept both is gonna have to be its own thing
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Like, it's not convincing so it just primes people to believe the misinfo? #XC420
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Definitely some truth there. I'm specifically imagining that if you hold your agenda constant (say anti-immigration politics for example), there are lots of beliefs that
1. make you feel goof about holding your agenda
2. make it harder to achieve your agenda
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I think that prebunking is so inhertinly difficult that when exectured poorly which it often is, it might be better to not do at all. #XC420
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I think that most people's personalities are built around long-ago-adapted misinformation that they are too scared to grow from. #XC420
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I see it as a trade-off. Prebunking should be a lot more powerful, but it's inherently difficult to anticipate what people will see. Debunking can be a lot more tailored. #XC420
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My gut instinct on this is that it should almost always be irrational since believing in false information should lead to adopting incorrect strategies to achieve your goals. #XC420
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One thing that I'm wondering about is how often (if ever) personally believing in a piece of disinformation can be beneficial to your personal ideological goals. #XC420
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This is a good insight, but just what "slides" are you referring to? This doesn't sound familiar. #XC420
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She does. Can you say more about how this relates to information integrity? And provide a link to her work? #XC420
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You are spot on that prevention beats the cure. The catch is that the article shows inoculation wears off over time unlike some biological vaccines. We need booster shots because the manipulation tactics keep evolving. You cannot just play the game once and think you are safe forever. #XC420
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I see your point on specific issues but we must look at the delivery system. The slides show algorithms are opinion embedded in code designed to exploit human weakness for profit. We are susceptible because the attention economy is built to turn us into raw material. #XC420
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