u/Gladyskravitz99

Free gift article (Ihope) -

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/05/whcd-journalism-political-violence-algorithms/687040/?gift=ZSO8-QoU1-1L0duyI2Sx0sdqZhf7VjsFCslAVgnDjv4&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

"I am in the business of writing long and complicated stories full of nuance. Yet I am at the mercy of platforms that want to turn my words into cortisol and endorphins, often for people who will never click the link to read what I wrote. Regardless of my intentions, my work can fuel the false division I despise. Each derivative of my work, processed through the algorithm, becomes more cartoonish and less descriptive of what is real ...The information delivered in feeds and podcasts has been torqued away from reality to seize our attention. Just as many children’s brains have been hijacked by TikTok feeds of cute cats or pimple popping, political debate is now captive to a kind of alarmism that dehumanizes by default and announces any deviation from the norm as proof of systemic collapse."