“This shift partly reflects basic social physics. Having a mutual enemy is a quick way to make a friend—we learn this as early as elementary school—and politically, it's much easier to organize people against something than it is to write them in an affirmative vision. And, within the economy of attention, conflict always gets more people to look.” AttentionFriendsEnemies Book:Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion Source: Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
“To argue against an ideology, you have to acknowledge and articulate it. In the process, you might inadvertently ventriloquize your opposition. This is a problem that kneecaps me constantly, a problem that might define journalism in the Trump era: when you write against something, you lend it strength and space and time.” WritingTruthAttentionIdeologyJournalismResistance MovementThe Resistance Book:Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion Source: Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion