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It is getting easier and easier to fake stuff and there are becoming less and less fully trusted institutions. So sadly I think you are right. Its scary but we
by byearthithatius 1y ago
It is getting easier and easier to fake stuff and there are becoming less and less fully trusted institutions. So sadly I think you are right. Its scary but we are likely heading towards a future where you need to pay to get verified information and that itself will likely be segmented to different subscriptions for what information you want.
- andrewinardeer 1y ago> It is getting easier and easier to fake stuff This is why the moon landing hoax was revolutionary in the 60's. The size of this project was enormous.
- fgalhwrg 1y agoAs an American, confirmation that the landing was a hoax would make me even prouder than my current belief that it was real.
- encrypted_bird 1y agoThe moon landing was filmed. Problem is, Stanley Kubrick was such a perfectionist that he _demanded_ they film on location.
- lukan 1y agoOn the other hand, he shot Full Metal Jacket in England and not Vietnam, so maybe he was able to compromise ..
- slaterbug 1y agoYeah, they filmed it on Ganymede instead.
- encrypted_bird 1y agoHaha, perhaps.
- seec 1y agoWell the thing is that technically information is free, but creating it is definitely not. So, if Ads are not paying for it, and people won't pay for it either, who does? Fake news exists because of the perverses incentives of the system; where getting as many clicks as possible is what matters. This is very much a result of social networks and view-based remuneration. I don't think it's that bad if people need to pay for real information...
- lukan 1y agoFake news mainly exist, because the need to disguise, manipulate and lie for power gains is probably a old as humanity.
- torben-friis 1y ago> Its scary but we are likely heading towards a future where you need to pay to get verified information …are you describing a newspaper?