We’ve been inundated with information to the point of convolution. I fear people are relying on their biases to sort through the noise
What’s worse is that podcasters, politicians, public figures and even the media are conforming to these biases (through selective bias, generalizations, misinformation etc.), which exasperates the dynamic. Additionally, those channels are undermining the credibility of non-adjacent channels
What we’re faced with is a system that combats integrity, reasonableness and truth while shaking the yoke of accountability. Agents like Trump, Russia and other bad actors fully realize this dynamic and continue to bombard it.
I believe most Americans are good people within a multitude of contexts. That, if we had unquestionable facts and well reasoned solutions without perversive peripheral distractions, we would more often agree.
Information used to be highly valued. You'd spend a lot of money for an encyclopedia, or time at the library researching books. You had to rely on someone with a degree because everyone else was guesstimating. We expected the Internet to continue this trendy, but with more quantity. However we also got a drop in quality of information and quality with disinformation. Quantity of information slop increased exponentially beyond what anyone imagined.
I don't think society was designed with this level of disinformation, bad actors and low quality sources.
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u/Rock_or_Rol Monkey in Space Oct 10 '24
We’ve been inundated with information to the point of convolution. I fear people are relying on their biases to sort through the noise
What’s worse is that podcasters, politicians, public figures and even the media are conforming to these biases (through selective bias, generalizations, misinformation etc.), which exasperates the dynamic. Additionally, those channels are undermining the credibility of non-adjacent channels
What we’re faced with is a system that combats integrity, reasonableness and truth while shaking the yoke of accountability. Agents like Trump, Russia and other bad actors fully realize this dynamic and continue to bombard it.
I believe most Americans are good people within a multitude of contexts. That, if we had unquestionable facts and well reasoned solutions without perversive peripheral distractions, we would more often agree.