Social media is polarising the population, it's not a good thing.
One of the biggest problems with Facebook is that their algorithm is designed to keep you on their site. It does this by showing you more of what you have liked, commented on, shared or written. Because of this, you will not get exposed to alternative views, more moderate ideas or even opposing ideas. Why is this a bad thing? We, humans, are susceptible to confirmation bias. This bias is where we ignore or downplay any information that doesn't fit our worldview. But suppose we nev... Read more