1-8 Excellent that Pekka has included Russell Brand in his series. But Brand's evolution carries broader lessons. He went from more-or-less typical left-alternative guy to Vatnik Soup Laureate, but why? I think YouTube is largely to blame, in this c | tweet by Edward Hunter Christie

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David Frum @davidfrum · Mar 30, 2023

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Interesting thread on how modern social media platforms incentivize the drift to anti-liberal conspiracy-thinking. Russell Brand is a spectacular case, but you can surely think of many other examples - the management of this website prominent among them.

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1-8 Excellent that Pekka has included Russell Brand in his series. But Brand's evolution carries broader lessons. He went from more-or-less typical left-alternative guy to Vatnik Soup Laureate, but why? I think YouTube is largely to blame, in this c

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