With artificial intelligence providing every individual with different versions of news and opinion, people increasingly get locked up in echo chambers where dissenting views are filtered out. As George Orwell once wrote: 'People are herd animals, with such a strong tendency to conform that public opinion ends up being less tolerant than any law book'

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Why we need nuance

Health & Society

by Caroline de Gruyter, Brussels,

The French philosopher and writer Albert Camus once said that we suffocate "in the company of people who think they are absolutely right".

Had Camus still been alive today, he would have needed plenty of fresh air.

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Author Bio

Caroline de Gruyter is a Dutch Europe correspondent and columnist for the Dutch newspaper NRC. She also writes columns for Foreign Policy and De Standaard. This piece was adapted from a recent column in NRC.

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