As always, this depends on what type of information you're looking for. If it's inherently subjective like "what is the best X for Y?" Good luck, but that has a

As always, this depends on what type of information you're looking for. If it's inherently subjective like "what is the best X for Y?" Good luck, but that has always been the case. If it's something objectively measurable but highly individual, like what diet should you eat for a particular goal or how should you train for some sport or just optimal health, I would advise you to cut through anyone trying to sell you anything and look at widely available examples of what people have actually done who achieved what you're looking to achieve. It won't always work because your genetics and life situation are unique, but you can see the variety of approaches available and try them until you find something that works for you. There is no universal answer that the Internet can give you and there never has been. If you're looking for what is the ground-level situation in some part of the world today or as close to today as possible, then well, I would say that has also never been something you could rely on to have factually accurate accounts widely available, at least in any form you could verify yourself. If this is something you care about, you'll learn over time what sources are more reputable than others and some ways to spot outright obvious misinformation, but if you have any kind of ideological bent to you, it's going to be very hard because purveyors of misinformation will be targeting people exactly like you in ways proven to grease the wheels of your desire to be told you're right. On the other hand, if you're simply looking to learn about topics, this is easily the best time ever to be alive. MIT has had OCW for two decades now. I think Stanford has put much of their class material online. University of Illinois, Georgia Tech, and probably others at this point have put entire degree programs on MOOC platforms for a way more affordable than in-person schooling price. The current best known body of knowledge for any particular science is always changing, but stick to the fundamentals and even old textbooks are not going to mislead you. This is especially true of mathematics, in which everything you ever learn or are shown you can independently verify. Finally, if you're looking for basic state of the world information and don't require a narrative, US government bodies collect and publish enormous amounts of statistics. The BLS, FRED, Census Bureau, CIA world factbook all put out tons of data, often with APIs. If you want the ground level truth of what some organization is doing, government budgets are all publicly available, though not always easy to find. The financial statements of publicly traded private companies are all publicly available. The tax returns of any qualified non-profit other than churches are publicly available. Stop relying on news organizations to do the research for you and definitely don't rely on LLMs. The data itself is there and it is factually accurate.