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The advent of the internet was supposed to put instant access to information at everyone's fingertips, and be a net positive for facts and science. However, pe
by writepub 8y ago
The advent of the internet was supposed to put instant access to information at everyone's fingertips, and be a net positive for facts and science.
However, people have ignored the same technology's ability to instantly gratify reinforcement of falsehoods, and the spread of misinformation.
You can see a correlation between the rise of the internet and continued rise of:
1. Radical religion
2. Anti vaccination
3. Flat Earth conspiracies
4. ....
- belevingo 8y agoYeah, I agree. With the internet you can share an idea regardless whether it is tied to the objective truth or not.
- mrguyorama 8y agoYou could always do that in the town square. The difference is that people would look down on town criers as "kooks", while a video made in premier, with one or two stupid quotes or drawings seems to pass the average person's bullshit detector