> but most of it is meaningless noise then we will have less freedom than before What does this mean? In concrete, practical, down-to-earth sense? > we cannot

> but most of it is meaningless noise then we will have less freedom than before What does this mean? In concrete, practical, down-to-earth sense? > we cannot be sure the any information we perceive is trustworthy This point was already made ages ago. Most famously, by ancient Greek skeptics, and by Descates’ cogito. We live in a world where anything may turn out to be untrustworthy. But we somehow cope, and chug along just fine.