Who are the intellectual dark web and should I be scared?
The stage has been set for years... Ideologically polarized media outlets editing interviews into patronizing and reductive sound bytes in order to appease the very advertisers who restrict their journalistic integrity... A post-tribal world whose borders have been redrawn across political and ideological orthodoxies. Echo chambers creating positive feedback loops that render good ideas fanatic and bad ideas unchecked. Healthy debate handicapped by motivated reasoning and inter-group loyalty signalling. A time when information, knowledge, and progress is more readily available and attainable than ever, yet we find ourselves buried deeper into our perspective teams living in parallel alternative universes. And out of this chaotic shouting match has arisen a set of new players, who challenge the existing machine, who are willing to enter the arena of debate and discuss difficult topics that strike fear into the hearts of mainstream advertisers. While they are ideologically di...