This document discusses the negative impacts of confirmation bias and how it affects consumption habits, news media, and democracy. It argues that people prefer information that confirms what they already believe. This can lead to physical and psychological issues from consuming more of what people like and less of what they do not like, even if it is healthier or more nutritious. It also undermines objective journalism and truth by prioritizing what makes people feel right over facts. The document proposes some solutions like enabling "infoveganism" by making ad-free content affordable and treating content differently from commoditized data.

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4. Pizza
Tastes Better
Than Broccoli

5. % Increase in Consumption
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7. Pizza
Tastes Better
Than Broccoli

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13. What Do You Want?

14. TO BE
RIGHT

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19. Pizza
Tastes Better
Than Broccoli

20. Opinion
Tastes Better
Than News

27. Who Wants To Hear The Truth
When They Can
Hear They’re Right?

33. Confirmation Bias
Is The New
H1N1

34. Physical Psychological Societal
Physical Obesity
Lack of Focus Regulatory
Heart Disease
Lost Time Capture
Hypertension
Shallower Democratic
High Stress
Relationships Failure
Nutritional
Emotional Rigidity War
Deficiencies
Genocide
Apnea

35. Let’s Make
The Whole News
Movement

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37. 2. Enable
Infoveganism

39. TV
Journalism
Processed Truth
The Recorded Truth
The Actual Truth

40. Fox
Politico
Sunlight, etc
Congressional Record
What Actually Happened

41. Fox
Politico
Sunlight, etc
Congressional Record
What Actually Happened

42. SHOW
YOUR
WORK

43. 3. Let Me Pay You
(for an ad-free lifestyle)

44. iTunes
$2B

45. Netflix
$2B

46. 4. Content Is Not
A Commodity

47. Data Is

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