Can You Watch This Without Getting Angry?

CGP Grey explains how ideas spread like germs, and why content that triggers outrage spreads fastest, using a study on what makes online content viral. He argues that opposing outrage-driven memes feed each other.

HN 推荐的原因： HN links it constantly in threads on social media, polarization and outrage as the canonical explanation of why angry content wins.

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