Clearly, the qualities Poles admire in a secretary of state - foreign languages, diplomatic experience, even sense of humor - are emphatically not those desired in a head of state: So be it.
Anne ApplebaumRead
Quite a lot has been written, including by me, about the effect of social media on politics, and in particular the way in which the algorithms built into Facebook and YouTube are more likely to spread angry, extremist and deliberately provocative political language.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Social media algorithms tend to amplify extreme and provocative political rhetoric.
In this quote, Anne Applebaum discusses the significant influence of social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube on political discourse. She highlights how the algorithms used by these platforms are designed to promote content that elicits strong emotional responses, particularly anger, which can lead to the proliferation of extremist views and divisive language in the political arena.
Themes
Social MediaPoliticsAlgorithmsExtremismCommunication
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about social media's role in modern politics.
More from Anne Applebaum
All quotes →At times when people fear death, they go along with measures that they believe, rightly or wrongly, will save them - even if that means a loss of freedom. Such measures have been popular in the past.
Anne ApplebaumRead
Birtherism surely increased Americans' distrust of politics, though in ways that are hard to pin down. By contrast, when anti-vaxxers persuade parents not to vaccinate children, the result can be sickness and even death.
Anne ApplebaumRead
As a journalist, I know what it is like to incur the self-righteous wrath of people who denounce you for things you didn't say or didn't mean.
Anne ApplebaumRead
If we can't have a public debate because the information space is so polluted, or because people are afraid of the reactions of organized trolls, then we can't really have meaningful elections anymore, either.
Anne ApplebaumRead
Elections are always a Rorschach test - people look at the results and see what they want to see.
Anne ApplebaumRead
Similar quotes
I like technology, but 'Black Mirror' is more what the consequences are, and it doesn't tend to be about technology itself: it tends to be how we use or misuse it. We've not really thought through the consequences of it.
Charlie BrookerRead
One of the things I'm excited about is the observation that gamers are creators and creators are gamers too. We used to think of creators as workstation customers and think of gamers as consumers.
Jensen HuangRead
The opportunity ahead for Microsoft is vast, but to seize it, we must focus clearly, move faster, and continue to transform.
Satya NadellaRead
The Internet is showing us what it thinks we want to see, but not necessarily what we need to see.
Eli PariserRead
Apps or media who make money on advertising are never satisfied with 'enough' of your attention. They will always fight for more.
Tristan HarrisRead
Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more 'user-friendly'... Their best approach so far has been to take all the old brochures and stamp the words 'user-friendly' on the cover.
Bill GatesRead