danah boyd explains the connection between the epistemological crisis and the rise of far-right conspiratorial thinking

To be fair, a lot of 13 year old boys go through an oversimplified power-fantasy phase where they want the world to be black and white, and want to be lone warriors against a backdrop of bossy, withholding girls and even bossier moms. Most, of course, grow out of it with the growth of their frontal cortex. Strike while the iron is hot, I suppose…

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