An interesting, high level view about how people respond/react to news. "The current panic about false news, then, does not tell us much about the role of soci

An interesting, high level view about how people respond/react to news. "The current panic about false news, then, does not tell us much about the role of social media in sharing information. It reveals, instead, that we feel like change is accelerating unpredictably and that we are looking for ways to make sense of it." While fake news is certainly nothing new, social media and technology has certainly abetted the proliferation of fake news. I've found people in general are trusting, and willing to believe what they heard, without checking/verifying the source. "Don't believe everything you see on the internet" is an (relatively) old adage that most people know and believe they follow, but the large growth of fake news is a real sign that that clearly isn't the case. I feel this also may be part of the current panic.