"Bullshit is what makes society work". It's not a new idea. Eventually it leads to where we are now: Living in a (hopefully temporarily) post fact society, wh

"Bullshit is what makes society work". It's not a new idea. Eventually it leads to where we are now: Living in a (hopefully temporarily) post fact society, where loud enough lies function as truth, where politicians have long since given up on the idea of genuinely believing anything they say, where corporate leaders own governments and chuckle at the idea of caring about the general wellbeing of mankind. And where all the bullshit has lead to lots of tiny decisions based on misinformed priorities, cumulatively resulting in the largest mass extinction event in 100's of millions of years and a genuine existential threat to the human race. I think authenticity is a very practical cultural goal. Misused and misunderstood sometimes maybe, but much needed.