Much of the division is because of advertising. News services make ad revenue by keeping viewers watching. Angry and upset people watch more.

The algorithms used by social media sites have escalated the problem. They can very accurately profile people, so they know exactly what to show people to keep them on the site. They record huge amounts of data on the users. Even a slight pause while scrolling is noted. The users are the product sold to the advertisers.

AI, as it advances, is going to make the polarization much worse.

Liberals are easier to manipulate than conservatives because the logic and fear portions of their brains are less active and the emotional centers are more so. This is why they are more destructive. Sadly, conservatives are not immune from being manipulated too.

People should look at primary sources as much as possible, rather than short clips, if they want to be manipulated less.

Keith

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There's way more to know than any person could ever know. People who are experts on several very complicated topics, still know nothing about most things. A lot of geniuses I know are sadly lacking of what seems like very basic knowledge, that would make their lives easier. People mostly have a pretty narrow focus of knowledge and know little outside that focus. When I was a child, it used to surprise me, it doesn't anymore.

The fact there is so much to learn is one of the things that makes life worth living.

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No wrong guy. Nobody would know who I am. I never have posted anything about my trapline anywhere online. I said what I did based off of several years of reading this forum. Guys are putting out YouTube videos and getting much more thoughtful and interesting conversation in their comments versus this website. I don’t know why I keep coming back to this website. I guess it’s because every once in a very long while there’s something really interesting to read and also the archives are awesome.

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Pretty valuable site. We are all better for having it. Anything a guy doesn't know about trapping is either here or someone here knows it.
I found this site in 2002 I think. What year did it start?

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