PG: The biggest source of stress for me at YC was running HN

TIL: That PG agrees that the source for Twitter’s toxicity is the pursue of engagement at all costs. Those recommendation algorithms that surface content that triggers people’s emotions and spur divisiveness are clearly one of the main reasons why citizens in the USA are at war among themselves.

THIS ^

It’s hard for us to believe our fancy AI algorithms that optimize for ad clicks have this massive side effects of actually manipulating what is perceived as reality and affecting their emotions.

They surface more enraging news and create echo chambers where anyone who doesn’t think like them are the enemy.