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Re:Home Libraries Will Save Civilization by chairmansteve on Sunday October 13, 2024 @01:44AM (#41825482)
Yeah. It's all trying win an argument rather than discover any kind of truth.

I find myself dreading talking to my siblings these days. I call up to ask how they are and get a rant about Hunter Biden or whatever the flavour of the day is.

Thanks YouTube and Twitter.

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Re:Home Libraries Will Save Civilization by squigz on Sunday October 13, 2024 @01:48AM (#41825507)
> Yeah. It's all trying win an argument rather than discover any kind of truth.

I suspect this has been the case for the majority of people for the majority of history, unfortunately.

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Re:Home Libraries Will Save Civilization by chairmansteve on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @02:46PM (#41862376)
It is definitely a lot worse among my acquaintances these days. I am in my late 50´s. Many people people I know of my generation are addicted to conspiracy theories and spend a lot of their lives thinking about them, following influencers etc. This was not the case for these people in the past.

The one thing a lot of them have in common is a high degree of isolation, presumably leading to a lot of time on the internet.

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