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30 sats \ 1 reply \ @orthwyrm 13 Aug 2023 \ parent \ on: Daily discussion thread
Are the "next big thing" ossilations becoming more frequent? We had Trump dominate for 2016-2020 (Brexit in UK), and then covid-19 for a couple years after that. But in the last year alone we seem to have gone from Ukraine -> banking crisis -> aliens -> AI -> superconductors.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @orthzar 13 Aug 2023
Are the "next big thing" ossilations becoming more frequent?
No, most people only remember the last few years of controversies. Moreover, it is more-or-less random whether a news article will strike a nerve with enough readers to generate a controversy (which is the goal of journalism, afterall).
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