Not sure who you are referring to when you say "we" relied on gossip and hearsay to determine what's true. I clocked my share of years of life before google wa

Not sure who you are referring to when you say "we" relied on gossip and hearsay to determine what's true. I clocked my share of years of life before google was even born and I have no recollection of the times you are referring to, very rarely gossip/hearsay were hold as truth. Maybe you are refferring to times before reading and writing was a thing ? Nowadays I do not rely on social medie as I do not even have "social media" (care to explain what this buzzword means? I still have found a sense to this word). I do use the web and search engine to search for information but I do not hold what I found as truth and I can usually recognize bunk when I see some. There are some people with an ability to think and some even have access to critical thinking.