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Wednesday, November 7, 2007 12:00 AM

The Internet is making us stupid

Legal sage Cass Sunstein says democracy is the first casualty of political discourse in the digital age.
By Ben Van Heuvelen

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  • Wednesday, November 7, 2007 05:46 AM

    echo chambers

    I'm reminded, reading about Sunstein's thoughts on echo chambers, of a truly great television moment from Aaron Sorkin's Sports Night. Angry at one of his employees for not sharing a disagreement, the editor says: "It's taken me a lot of years but I've come around to this: If you're dumb, surround yourself with smart people. And if you're smart, surround yourself with smart people who disagree with you." It'd be nice if more of us could come around to that position, too.

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