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Jon Stewart: “The incentive structure of [social media] is designed for…”

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VP Kamala Harris on Defeat, Democrats & the Fight Ahead | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Published | Video Starts at 21:36

And it cuts a lot of ways, you know. Well, I think a lot of that is probably related to, you know, if you look at social media and The incentive structure of [social media] is designed for hostility and anger. And if that's the main driving force of communication between people, you know, I think it's probably pretty clear that it catastrophizes generally, so that everybody finds themselves in a constant state of lather, because that's how it's. (21:36–21:42)

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