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And they’ve learned that nothing hooks us like outrage. But here's something many people don't realize: privacy and surveillance]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/internet/@skycorridors/how-surveillance-turns-you-into-a-puppet-of-the-internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/internet/@skycorridors/how-surveillance-turns-you-into-a-puppet-of-the-internet</guid><category><![CDATA[internet]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[skycorridors]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:11:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eBZXkWLHAhnRf3HY4CAsVQuFbwe3xd1aqnE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debuking polarized topics with chatGPT: Using the topic Natural x Artificial man-made products.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Banner created in MS designer.   I wanted to test an experiment in here, but most of the topics that I could post about can bring some very strong opinions. Last Monday we talked about polarization]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@gwajnberg/debuking-polarized-topics-with-chatgpt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@gwajnberg/debuking-polarized-topics-with-chatgpt</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gwajnberg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 20:25:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Hii7wtHmHHkAexUK9QkUCHB7f5ZjuyJTfpzeNzRbGSX5ZJ34XXTRo7nZrpwGyYqc1LQfh3rsKgZn19otnN1MDZe3jppcgVPSpp6TTphuJCPANwyYa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am fed up with polarization!]]></title><description><![CDATA[(image by AI) I don’t know about you, but I’m getting really fed up with polarization in society and especially in politics. More and more, politics feels like a battle. Constant shouting. Not a debate.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@friendlymoose/i-am-fed-up-with-polarization</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@friendlymoose/i-am-fed-up-with-polarization</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126152]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[friendlymoose]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 14:18:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqcQ7XbsQjnVj2KV9ftDMcW1zJufTJF5B6wD5ASpDtNU2em5ZNdaSBGpAXMP3ETetVCNPDUTJaPkzpYjAKBawfnBojr58M2XuB2EbAAQevR5Lwbc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's the Difference Between Strong Convictions and Blinders?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our societies have become so (extremely) polarized that I almost don't remember a time when it wasn't like that. Although I do. 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Learn how mental health and polarization are reshaping our world. Read the full article here: #SocialChange]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/socialchange/@spreadgreatideas/jonathan-haidt-the-three-terrible-ideas-weakening-gen-z-and-damaging-universities-and-democracies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/socialchange/@spreadgreatideas/jonathan-haidt-the-three-terrible-ideas-weakening-gen-z-and-damaging-universities-and-democracies</guid><category><![CDATA[socialchange]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[spreadgreatideas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 23:20:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy5czPNg6acYev351Du9gQgrBvuGck14E53VN43eJ6AZeV1ZeF2dMNb2EG32w3yXNGkR1V2cpiDMQGLPov5FDY4bFm5xvxGQekQ3zGJfDXTXJgYYNqyfUnRA6J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SOCIAL POLARIZATION ]]></title><description><![CDATA[image source Polarization in chemistry means the existence of two oppositely charged ions Polarization in physics means magnets within the north and south poles While polarization in sociology means]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@ukrajpoot/social-polarization</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@ukrajpoot/social-polarization</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ukrajpoot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2022 08:47:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intentional Polarization]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi fellow Hiveians, Today I'm here with an out of character post for me, but one that I think holds an important message politically. Intentional Polarization There are many things wrong with the world]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-179804/@cmplxty/intentional-polarization</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-179804/@cmplxty/intentional-polarization</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-179804]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cmplxty]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2022 00:31:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqTyaLzqurFd9K3a7hxLdYHHada5bEvkk4eJC3uuQA8SzbaCs9Eh4FMzELPwyHQP81m2AhbTupnCMsoKQFNT4qJZ84WyEd6ywU9zQpXE4DiUrSZC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mass psychosis]]></title><description><![CDATA[How come so many fall for it? It won't happen from one day to the next but it's a fact no matter how intelligent we are today we fall for it. I wonder and keep wondering but if you watch the video it all]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@wakeupkitty.pal/mass-psychosis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@wakeupkitty.pal/mass-psychosis</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wakeupkitty.pal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2021 12:51:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAW6noHJDhrg3W8ZKHVFSsLYM859aTDCF8iErWETKcd5rixTmkYMEtXikRMGnVNmw8zePKwByaxKtNff9NGNLajwuTTsNRKp2uBFRcpXeADbPCPYP6sN53LMGMKeWVWiq9YQrRC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Focus on solutions, not blaming.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your political views tell us nothing about how compassionate or how empathic you are. Frankly, almost every socialist who boasts about being more Christlike and compassionate than conservative Christians]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@flexbooth/focus-on-solutions-not-blaming</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@flexbooth/focus-on-solutions-not-blaming</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[flexbooth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2021 23:18:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqcLK2DGjBxLqXVePwMZBXMdhbLTVv8c3t458kYETnoM3gD72XfXsCCkziYdkRnVfh1jRq76WnhLjRA3Fs7uJJXMuvRhnjDfCJsCYUEQkC1sL6iJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Severed Ties]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi fellow Ranters, Today I am reflecting on the challenges of the world right now. 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Just after I turned 19, Romania went through a process called “the Romanian Revolution” (which turned out to be not quite a revolution, after a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@dragosroua/the-berlin-wall-inside-our-minds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@dragosroua/the-berlin-wall-inside-our-minds</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dragosroua]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2021 17:56:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8XPrHkfZdMtiM68fywBJwYt7EuhvmvpV2PxdkHWEE7AfLGB9sxJjJQicnMz35tKPsrh1ARMmhzWokXbhhnR3N7Jvz9gE4JDq65SQQ17c2afUpYxabCsz44v61U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Increased spending on education has not yielded increases in student aptitude.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I used to think about how increasing funding for education in America would decrease polarization, but statistics would point out that there are significantly more Americans with college degrees now than]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/education/@zafrada/increased-spending-on-education-has-not-yielded-increases-in-student-aptitude</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/education/@zafrada/increased-spending-on-education-has-not-yielded-increases-in-student-aptitude</guid><category><![CDATA[education]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zafrada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 13:38:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stuXpnvnU2D4w5Hhi3Micu1ZRCk7Tjiao4xBwLYzD8UGf2ap5ZeDkZzJ8Jg2DLyX1xQCmC2SUi2gHWXCHDgYe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right, wrong and the absence of certainty.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let me say first of all, that I do not claim to know ANY truths, and that the only thing I know I know is basically NOTHING... and so by virtue of that tremendous absence of certainty, things have to be]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/propaganda/@nooses/right-wrong-and-the-absence-of-certainty</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/propaganda/@nooses/right-wrong-and-the-absence-of-certainty</guid><category><![CDATA[propaganda]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nooses]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2020 22:32:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPaYV4kTz4GCveAWxV8mUAgE6jg7PzdvQBoGn97TMw5BrrqK543e93tNdaVi9yAMNb3U2GgA4YtGheq4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Animosity... Recently I've been immersing myself in books and articles regarding the growing political polarization in the United States. ‘Hate Inc.’ by Matt Taibbi and Political Disney World are the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@fijimermaid/be-the-change-that-you-wish-to-see-in-the-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@fijimermaid/be-the-change-that-you-wish-to-see-in-the-world</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-148441]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fijimermaid]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:14:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vppGeV6VN3m3GSDcLoRruAhMmifZtFSDkYSd2XbEs8hQmjkhBGXegUoqQJ3UWBCJANRg99Ef9FLJKoLX9Gokvsxc9mQuVTZZbyoMtXjpTppzztvfsutZp2PZKeNoFupCf5PT3bF9FiepSA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>