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Sorry to be skeptical but this is upside down. We have more fitness equipment and awareness than ever, our athletes go further - and yet - we are fatter and mo
by jollybean 5y ago
Sorry to be skeptical but this is upside down.
We have more fitness equipment and awareness than ever, our athletes go further - and yet - we are fatter and more sedentary.
We have the opportunity to be more intellectual, and many are, but on the whole, we also are a bit busy and are predisposed to consume information 24/7 which is misrepresented (and almost all of it is, some of it more than others).
So on the whole, I think it's a lot easier for sources of misinformation to propagate more widely.
I suggest that the anti-vaxx movement is an example of this. More 'bad information' propagated than 'reasonable information' and so you have a lot of reasonably intelligent people being misguided.
Disinformation is really easy and cheap and it's nary impossible to undo.
All you need is someone with an ounce of credibility (like a Dr. or 'Kennedy' family member), and a kernel of truth (i.e. vaccines actually do some harm, we know that) and poof - you can blow up any material reality.
The 'Big Lie' about the elections similarly.
It's a really big deal, and I don't think we have any obvious solutions.