# C. Thi Nguyen: The Gamification of Public Discourse (Royal Institute of Philosophy) - YouTube

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=1LpbGW3qLVg>

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## What Jamie wrote

Interesting talk from Nguyen that highlights the structure of echo chambers and how that extends into the structure of conspiracy theories and how to architect them.

> Social media has turned conversation into a game, where we compete for points in the form of likes, retweets, and follower counts. This tempts us to trade away the subtle goods of discourse--like connection, understanding, and wisdom--in return for the thrills of success in vividly quantified terms.

I found the extension of how quantifying things can affect the qualitative components of them. He puts it all together like this.

> If you want a system to build a belief system for virality and stickiness you would give it:
> 
> 1. Easy explanations for as many phenomena as possible
> 2. A simplified moral system that condemns everybody on the outside
> 3. Gamify it so people will focus on a narrow goal, and get pleasure for doing so
> 4. Put it an echo chamber to seal it off

This talk is from 2019. 🤔

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- Video: "C. Thi Nguyen: The Gamification of Public Discourse (Royal Institute of Philosophy)", by The Royal Institute of Philosophy, YouTube (id 1LpbGW3qLVg)

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- [WT268: Weekly Thing 268 / Schema, Achtung, Gamification](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/268/), Notable

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