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The Last Ringbearer
- jfengel 3y agoI have not read it, but it sounds remarkable. It's especially poignant right now, when Russian troops are being called Orcs, and are accused of committing war crimes that merit the name. I cannot prove how much of that is propaganda (though I do have acquaintances with first-hand knowledge). It's remarkable that propaganda still works in this era of instant access to knowledge. If anything, it seems much worse: the tools that give us instant access to verification also give us instant access to confirmation bias.
- lioeters 3y agoOoh, I found a copy of the book, The Last Ringbearer. https://ia800209.us.archive.org/7/items/TheLastRingbearerSecondEdition/The%20Last%20Ringbearer%20Second%20Edition.pdf https://ia800209.us.archive.org/7/items/TheLastRingbearerSec... I've also been surprised by how effective propaganda is in shaping the public's view of the world, spreading hate and causing strife, brothers fighting brothers. And how "information technology" has become the perfect tool for this purpose. Maybe it was inevitable, but it's still disappointing to see governments and corporations misuse and abuse this technology, a kind of magic, because it could have been (and can still be) for a greater good, to foster communication, understanding, and cooperation, to promote peace, to improve all of our lives. Anyway, I'll see how the book goes. If anything, it sounds like a good thought exercise to try to see from the other side.