Why is the internet constantly trying to make you angry? In this episode, we explore how being spectacularly wrong became one of the most profitable business models online. Starting with a personal Stack Overflow flamewar over a MySQL question (spoiler: I was wrong), we dive into the psychology of why we can't resist correcting people, and how platforms weaponize this compulsion for engagement.From Yahoo Answers memes to mobile game ads showing frustratingly wrong gameplay, we examine how strategic wrongness triggers our primal need to correct and prove our knowledge. Every angry comment, every correction, every outrage-driven share tells algorithms that the content is "engaging"—regardless of whether it's true or false, helpful or harmful.Drawing on The Simpsons' classic "Just Don't Look" solution and CGP Grey's warnings from a decade ago, we explore why simply ignoring rage bait isn't enough anymore when algorithms ensure controversial content finds us. The episode offers practical frameworks for conscious digital literacy: recognizing when content is designed to provoke rather than inform, and choosing what we feed with our attention.Because the wrongness economy only works if we keep feeding it. And every click is a vote for the kind of internet we're building."Being wrong triggers something primal in us. The compulsion to correct, to engage, to prove our superior knowledge. It's the digital equivalent of someone saying 'actually' at a dinner party, except now that dinner party has millions of attendees.""The algorithm doesn't care whether that engagement is positive or negative. Engagement is engagement.""We have more power than we realize. The wrongness economy only works because we feed it our attention. Every click is a vote, every share is a signal, every comment is a contribution to the kind of digital world we're creating."

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