JA Westenberg
@joanwestenberg.eth
The "marketplace of ideas" was always a flawed metaphor. Ideas don't compete on merit; they compete on memetic fitness—how easily they spread, how good they make believers feel, and how effectively they suppress competing ideas.
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
and do you think that is good or nah
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Koolkheart
@koolkheart.eth
This explains a lot about why conspiracy theories and outrage go viral while nuanced dialogue gets buried. The marketplace isn’t a neutral playing field, it’s a carnival of noise where volume beats validity
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