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While that is perhaps true, you cannot assume the people around you hold similar views about truth. It is still valuable to understand the mainstream perspectiv

While that is perhaps true, you cannot assume the people around you hold similar views about truth. It is still valuable to understand the mainstream perspective. I say this as someone heavily dissatisfied with the media I pay for.

TeMPOraL 9y ago
> While that is perhaps true, you cannot assume the people around you hold similar views about truth. Which is sad because really, truth is a simple concept. For some reason, many people don't feel like their beliefs should in any way correspond to reality. > It is still valuable to understand the mainstream perspective. I agree that the role of media as social objects (shared things to talk about) is important, but there's a tradeoff here - the more junk you put in your head, the easier it is to hold a conversation with random strangers, but you're still puttting junk in your head. Is socializing really worth it?