What Tim Urban thinks about politics

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Writer and illustrator behind Wait But Why, a long-form blog of stick-figure-illustrated explainers on science, technology and society, and author of the book What's Our Problem?

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1. 17 Feb 2023

   Our readingPublic discourse has degraded into tribalism, mass shaming campaigns, and one-dimensional narratives replacing genuine debate.

   Their wordsThere were a bunch of bad trends: Tribalism was flaring up everywhere, mass shaming campaigns were roaring back into fashion, politicians were increasingly clown-like, public discourse had become a battle of one-dimensional narratives.

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