Learn smart lessons from the L.A. fires, not stupid lessons
Public social media — X, Reddit, Bluesky, and so on — has changed how we think about disasters. On one hand, because it floods us with information, it gives us the ability to draw reasonable, well-informed conclusions about terrible events much more quickly and arguably more easily than we could in earlier times. On the other hand, the inevitable flood of misinformation and opportunistic politicking that inevitably accompanies any disaster raises our chances of being rapidly…
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2 years ago · 241 likes · 78 comments · Noah Smith
