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Then why is the problem worst among Boomers [1]? Alternate Theory: This is purely the result of "too much news". Breathless coverage of every little detail me
by pj_mukh 2y ago
Then why is the problem worst among Boomers [1]?
Alternate Theory:
This is purely the result of "too much news". Breathless coverage of every little detail means every little mis-step blows up to infinity, quickly eroding trust.
The 24hr + internet news cycle is basically a reaction maximization optimization machine with a dt ~ 0. Fox News walked so Facebook could run and now Twitter is sprinting. Insert long form podcasts in the mix for a constant hum of algorithmic misinformation and this result is inevitable.
tl;dr: more people need to go out and touch some grass.
[1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7505057/#:~:text=Users%20over%2050%20were%20also,domains%20(see%20Figure%202) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7505057/#:~:tex....
- SketchySeaBeast 2y agoI think I'd move the quotes - the problem is too much "news", but I think you're right. It's 24/7 misinformation factories that push people to the point where they can assume that somehow the US government both has a hurricane machine and that it would use it on its own citizens, even though that doesn't stand up to any sort of rational introspection.
- ZeroGravitas 2y agoI'd argue that it is intentional nitpicking of science/institutions because they were a threat to concentrated business interests (tobacco, lead, fossil fuels, factory farming etc.)
- smrtinsert 2y agoAnecdotally you can spend some time on facebook and see exactly that they are not consuming news at all. The seem impervious to any link or discussion that doesn't automatically feed back into their trusted sources - which of course are not trustworthy