We seem to live in a time where if you are to disagree with something you automatically shut it down.
It seems that people need to become more willing to listening to opposing views and trying to understand and maybe even learn from the.
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It's really bad, and only becoming worse.
Internet was supposed to bring mankind closer together, but instead we're seeing the opposite effect, even in multiple dimensions:
People naturally seek like-minded people, they naturally want to get their values and beliefs reinforced rather than challenged. Internet makes it easier to connect to like-minded people.
Earlier we had telephone numbers, later we got email addresses, UseNet and the IRC ... but after that, things have gradually broken down, the IRC network split in two, and people started using various commercial and/or proprietary solutions like ICQ, MSN, Skype, Slack, Telegram, Wickr, Reddit, etc. It's really challenging, for instance we've started the Pirate Party here in Norway, but we can't communicate with each other, hence it's a dead end!