The ability to publish first-pass opinions instantly to millions of people online is a novel technological development that human beings are not neurologically equipped to handle.

“there's never been a time in human history where you could publish your first pass opinion about anything to 20 million people in one second, right? No one could ever do that. And and we're not we're not we're not neurologically constructed to live in a world where you can yell at 10 million people ”

Independent media and social platforms are currently amplifying misinformation, making the information landscape increasingly fragmented and dangerous.

“I'm increasingly worried that uh we have effectively rendered ourselves ungovernable based on the way we have shattered the information landscape. The and I think independent media of the sort that we're indulging now um is part of that problem.”