8/ If successful, ID-Compression will provide a unifying theory, linking basic psychology to macro social structure allowing us to understand, detect, quantify and (maybe) manage polarization.

9/ None of these ideas are new (cf. stereotypes, schemas, heuristics, etc.) - but compression is a mathematical framework for making sense of it all in a new (& hopefully more integrated) way. Pls get in touch if you have any questions; and of course please retweet if you’re comfortable with that.