A new animation by C.G.P. Grey compares ideas to germs and explains how they spread. In particular, it points out the reason why we are more likely to share things that make us angry, and how those angry “idea germs” propagate on the Internet and cause more in-fighting between people on the same side of arguments.
An Animation Compares Ideas to Germs and Explains Why We Share Things That Make Us Angry
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