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Fundamental attribution error in political media

January 10, 2022 By Useful Ideas Project Leave a Comment

Fundamental attribution error in the media

Fundamental attribution error - what is it? In social psychology, fundamental attribution error is the tendency for people to over-emphasise personality-based explanations for an individual's behaviour, and under-emphasise situational and environmental explanations. “Psychologists refer to the inappropriate use of dispositional explanation as the fundamental attribution … [Read more...] about Fundamental attribution error in political media

The Brexit bait and switch: Why did politicians encourage people to vote Leave?

January 9, 2022 By Useful Ideas Project Leave a Comment

David Frost, Baron Frost

Brexit had a Rorschach-test quality to it. Voting Leave could be the solution to any and every problem, according to many voters. Voters were encouraged to believe this by politicians and lobbyists, many of whom were being dishonest, according to political experts. Five years since the referendum, in his resignation letter, former Brexit minister Lord Frost has put into … [Read more...] about The Brexit bait and switch: Why did politicians encourage people to vote Leave?

Why Facebook is bad: social media’s role in the rise of populist politics

December 14, 2021 By Useful Ideas Project Leave a Comment

Jaron Lanier explains to David Baddiel why social media has led to a rise in populist politics. In the BBC documentary "David Baddiel: Social Media, Anger and Us", the English comedian, presenter and author explores the impact of social media on our lives. In the documentary, American computer scientist Jaron Lanier explains to Baddiel how social media is changing … [Read more...] about Why Facebook is bad: social media’s role in the rise of populist politics

The problem(s) with billionaires

March 24, 2021 By Useful Ideas Project Leave a Comment

Donald Trump in his gold palace

There are thousands of billionaires, and they are making things worse. Here's why. Why we should worry about billionaires Us humans struggle with large numbers. Because of this, many of us cannot fully comprehend the billionaire. We underestimate their wealth and power.As the memes say: "People don't have a strong intuitive sense of how much bigger 1 billion is than 1 … [Read more...] about The problem(s) with billionaires

Request for info: Increased inequality linked to growth in pro-Elite political lobbying?

March 24, 2021 By Useful Ideas Project Leave a Comment

Inequality graph

A 2014 report, part-funded by NASA, states that in unequal societies, “collapse is difficult to avoid…. Elites grow and consume too much, resulting in a famine among Commoners that eventually causes the collapse of society.” and “economic inequality, can independently lead to a societal collapse. This is shown in the Type-L collapse scenario in the paper, where an … [Read more...] about Request for info: Increased inequality linked to growth in pro-Elite political lobbying?

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