When I think about how easily people believe absolute BS like anti-vax claptrap, or how that making your browser less capable is making it more “secure,” or that corporations have your best interest at heart, I kind of wish I’d used more of my powers for evil. Because I would’ve been good at it and it’s just easy.

Why, though? Why is it easy? I know libs and such will be upset about it, but I think it’s because there’s a large evolutionary mismatch between how we as humans evolved and the civilization we’ve built. We all live in it, but only about 10% of us can handle it cognitively. That’s a huge problem that only seems to be getting worse as we relentlessly increase the cognitive load required to live in our world.

I don’t know of any solutions, really. Just ideas is all I have.