Does Evidence Even Matter?

Om Malik: “We think democracy is the flag, the ability to vote, or words in the Constitution. It is not. Democracy is an idea, an ideal, an agreement. Once you decide evidence does not matter if it hurts your team, you have already lost the thing you think you are defending. We are not seeing what is happening to us.”

“Red Sox vs. Yankees. Mac vs. Windows. Harmless tribalism. Then the internet scaled it to everything. Cable news figured it out first. Outrage gets ratings. Social networks weaponized it. Algorithms reward tribal warfare. Fight harder, see more content that makes you angrier. That’s the business model.”

“Divide and rule. The oldest trick in the book, supercharged by platforms built to profit from our blindness.”