I've had this half-baked thought for a while that the state of our world is based off of facts, values, and the various arguments/conclusions that emanate from

I've had this half-baked thought for a while that the state of our world is based off of facts, values, and the various arguments/conclusions that emanate from them... and therefore the most newsworthy events are the events that have the "loudest" impact by propagating furthest through those argument graphs...