> Or it's indirectly harmful by training us to accept a synthetic reality where nothing can be trusted and everything must be questioned. Good. Its beneficial,

> Or it's indirectly harmful by training us to accept a synthetic reality where nothing can be trusted and everything must be questioned. Good. Its beneficial, I'd think. Lies are not new, the amount of lies, probably not new either. I don't think we have (yet) reached a level of badness compared to the prior point of tobacco companies telling people around the world that cigarettes have medical benefits.