Conspicuous Cognition
conspicuouscognition.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2024
Dan Williams, a philosopher, writes about misinformation, social media, public opinion, and how people form beliefs.
What HN saysHN links it for essays arguing the case against social media and the threat of misinformation are weaker than commonly claimed.
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- 4The Case Against Social Media Is Weaker Than You Think2 people · 7 points · first shared 2025 · 2 comments on HN
- 5The Decline of Legacy Media, Rise of Vodcasters, and X's Staying Power2 people · 6 points · first shared 2025 · 1 comments on HN
- 6In the marketplace of ideas, are people shopping for truth?2 people · 5 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
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- 8Thoughts on Ideology2 people · 2 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 9Are people too flawed, ignorant, and tribal for open societies?1 people · 65 points · first shared 2024 · 88 comments on HN
- 10Strategic Altruism1 people · 25 points · first shared 2024 · 13 comments on HN
- 11For the love of God, stop talking about "post-truth"1 people · 19 points · first shared 2024 · 29 comments on HN
- 12The marketplace of good and bad ideas1 people · 17 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 13Let's Not Bring Back the Gatekeepers1 people · 6 points · first shared 2025 · 1 comments on HN
- 14Is Social Media Destroying Democracy–Or Giving It to Us Good and Hard?1 people · 5 points · first shared 2025 · 1 comments on HN
- 15The deep and unavoidable roots of political bias1 people · 4 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
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sien · 2025-07-31
The case against social media is pretty weak.
https://www.conspicuouscognition.com/p/the-case-against-social-media-i…
Meanwhile Australia has the largest per capita losses on gambling in the world.
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-welfare/gambling
Which the government doesn't care about. This may have something to do that people don't criticise the government when they are just losing their life's savings.