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Re:Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “Del... by bradjohnson on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:11PM (#13535775)
>it's harder than ever for the average person to figure out what's true.

It's so much easier to find truth backed arguments with the internet, the average person can easily check sources. People are just mostly lazy and willing to let their biases inform what they will accept as true.

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Re:Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “Del... by nickpsecurity on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @06:39PM (#13536548)
"People are just mostly lazy and willing to let their biases inform what they will accept as true."

Exactly. Combined with easier spread of misinformation, it makes things worse than it was before where easily-misinformed population in voting or demand side has massive influence on our lives.

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