mathewlowry.myhub.ai
Fighting people with facts only makes them cling to their beliefs more strongly, further polarising our damaged societies. Different tactics are needed, and they start closer to home than you think.
Think
social media,
psychology,
persuasion,
cognitive,
backfire effect,
filter bubble,
brexit,
polarization,
europa,
disinformation,
dissonance,
eurosceptics,
yanss
www.theguardian.com
You may not care about social media now, but if you read a newspaper, listen to the radio or watch TV, then it’s shaping your world already... The real game is hardening your own support in ways dramatic enough to be picked up by the mass media ... the easiest way of doing that is to pick a rollicking fight... Lacking an established political mac…