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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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  • Tuesday, November 6, 2007 09:32 PM

    Ah, internets.

    Given the fact that people are more inclined to post letters about things that they disagree with than they are things that they do hold with, I hope to come back to the letters here, tomorrow, and relish the irony. Yes, finding people disagreeing with the basis of Sunstein's claims (that hearing primarily those who agree with you increases the polarization of beliefs) as they read each other's letters and get more and more strident with their complaints. Oohh, look, it's happening already!

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