Jeff JarvisApr 15, 2023

Palantir CEO Alex 'Karp has a different take. He says China is deliberately and strategically using TikTok to make us, meaning the West, “dumber and slower.”'
Oh, FFS.

TikTok might be part of a plot to make us dumber https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/14/tiktok-ban-threat-america-ignorance/

TikTok might be part of a plot to make us dumber

TikTok will help Americans bury themselves from within by becoming a nation of ignorant sloths.

The Washington Post
Show threadJorge Stolfi

@jeffjarvis

I firmly believe (well, maybe just wobblingly suspect) that _The Simpsons_ is the key item in the Great Fascist Conspiracy to (1) make Americans stupid and (2) make them love stupid candidates.

Think of children growing up watching it from toddler to adult. How they must now believe that being stupid is not only harmless (the consequences of Homer's blunders are never permanent) but also _fun_. That they have the _right_ to be stupid, and must be respected as such.

#Simpsons

Apr 15, 2023 at 11:37amWeb
Show threadJorge StolfiApr 15, 2023

@jeffjarvis

PS. It cannot be a mere coincidence that _The Simpsons_ shows on the Fox channel...