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That people are becoming less and less informed. They're reading less and this is the golden age for propaganda because people think they're smart when they wat
by selfhifive 5y ago
That people are becoming less and less informed. They're reading less and this is the golden age for propaganda because people think they're smart when they watch documentaries.
Lack of nuance in discussion and simple video explanations about complex issues will lead us down a dark path unless the trajectory changes soon.
Then either the scholars become disproportionately more powerful or are stoned for not having simplistic views.
- gisborne 5y agoI reject this. I’ve given my two kids, now older teens, pretty much free reign to watch what they want and use the Internet as they want. I was certainly gifted with nice and precocious kids, but still: they both really like watching educational videos. They spend hours every day doing that. The quality and number of these videos is now utterly amazing. They both have a much greater level of general knowledge than I did at their age. They have a much wider set of interests, a greater awareness of possibilities and opportunities, and correspondingly greater opportunities than I ever did, too.
- yakshaving_jgt 5y ago> Then either the scholars become disproportionately more powerful or are stoned for not having simplistic views. In sociology, it’s evidently the latter.
- guynamedloren 5y agoNot outrageous at all (except for the last bit, perhaps). I’d be surprised if there isn't some kind of data to back this up.