--- title: How Facebook Makes Us Think We're Right description: How Facebook makes you think you're right, no matter what, why we need a new conservation corps, and more. canonical: https://time.com/4177118/facebook-think-you-are-right/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-12T17:01:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:00:36.871Z article:section: Ideas og:title: How Facebook Makes Us Think We're Right og:description: These are today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4177118/facebook-think-you-are-right/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How Facebook Makes Us Think We're Right twitter:description: These are today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # How Facebook Makes Us Think We're Right by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jan 12, 2016 5:01 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jan 12, 2016 5:01 PM UTC **1\.** [**Facebook makes us think we’re right — regardless of the facts.**](http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-01-08/how-facebook-makes-us-dumber) By Cass R. Sunstein in Bloomberg View **2\.** [**We need a conservation corps for the 21st century.**](http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/11/opinions/bennet-bridgeland-youth-conserving-public-land/index.html) By Michael Bennet and John Bridgeland at CNN **3\.** [**The discovery of an enzyme that stops excess sugar from becoming fat could change lives for diabetics (and you and me).**](http://www.nouvelles.umontreal.ca/udem-news/news/20160111-too-much-sugar-theres-an-enzyme-for-that.html) By the University of Montreal **4\.** [**It’s taken a long time, but technology is finally disrupting the Iowa Caucuses.**](http://www.wired.com/2016/01/the-low-tech-high-stakes-iowa-caucus-is-getting-disrupted) By Issie Lapowsky in Wired **5\.** [**Could this rapidly-spreading mosquito-borne virus threaten U.S. and global health?**](http://www.techinsider.io/zika-virus-shows-why-emerging-diseases-are-so-dangerous-2016-1) By Kevin Loria in Tech Insider  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4177118/facebook-think-you-are-right/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4177118/facebook-think-you-are-right/"},"headline":"How Facebook Makes Us Think We're Right","datePublished":"2016-01-12T17:01:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:36.871Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4177118/facebook-think-you-are-right/","keywords":["Innovation","facebook","Disease","diabetes","citizenship","iowa caucus"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4177118/facebook-think-you-are-right/","name":"How Facebook Makes Us Think We're Right"}}]}] ```