interesting to see "5G" on the "outright misinformation" section of the graph in the illustration, because this is yet another example of just how muddy things

interesting to see "5G" on the "outright misinformation" section of the graph in the illustration, because this is yet another example of just how muddy things are. John C. Dvorak was fired from his decades-long tenure at PC Magazine after he wrote a column questioning 5G technology. the US was well on its way to integrate Chinese 5G technology into our telecommunications infrastructure, and then that got pulled (I think?). somewhere in there, people made all kinds of accusations about 5G, ranging from "there's potential for ongoing health issues due to exposure, maybe" to "5G gives you covid" to "no wait it triggers the microchips in the vaccines and controls your thoughts." the 5G rollout is fishy, not least because mild, reasonable criticism and/or asking "why do we really need this, we can already stream 1080p videos to smartphones via 4G, what else could possibly be achieved by increasing bandwidth, given that in order to do so, you need a much higher density of transmitters, maybe that's not the best idea" now lumps you in with "5G is turning the frogs gay" or whatever. you have to be unquestioningly in support of 5G deployment or else you're a Conspiracy Theorist who implicitly believes all the crazy things I said above. case in point: the image in this post that labels "5G" (broadly!! without even the nuance of addressing any specific accusation!!!) as "outright misinformation". if you aren't the kind of person who thinks critically about these things, but agrees with the content of the post, that we're living in a deluge of misinformation and also agrees that it's impossible to police this misinformation in a fair, reproducible, and representative way... you may come away from reading this post and viewing the associated image thinking "every possible negative thing I've heard about 5G technology is definitely, 100% 'outright misinformation'". and this is exactly the point I'm making here: misinformation is easier than ever to produce because you don't have to poison the well, you can just dump a load of sewage right into it and then that well is forever tainted, critical thought is suppressed under a load of bullshit, then there's some new story the next day to move your attention onto the next thing. unless we outlaw smartphones, none of this is ever going away. this is the natural consequence of carrying the Internet in our pockets.