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The Internet's Long Memory and Empathy

Research shows that it is easier to act inhumane when you dehumanize your opponent: the internet eases this because you can't see your victims' face. Read More

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Internet is another human-created tools

I think it was great how you made the point that there are both negative and positive aspects of "the internet" and wider aspects of our world. Like almost all of our human-made tools, it is is neither good or bad but really how the tool is used. Fortunately we can modify the tool to increase "good" uses and decrease "bad" uses.

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Maia Szalavitz has published five books and has written for the New York Times, Time Magazine online, Elle, New Scientist, Psychology Today, and other major publications.

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