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Originally Posted by Cyberbob
Their success criteria is making you think "It's all so confusing I don't care what the truth is anymore."
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I care about truth. I am not confused.
I have not given up caring about anything or been beaten into inaction.
The modern age requires information filtering. I pay attention to things I deem worth paying attention to, or that I have some chance of having an influence on.
What is not worth paying attention to is sensationalist finger pointing at corruption that everyone knows exists, likely for political gain or the gain of some other third party.
Putin, whilst he has taken advantage of information warfare brilliantly, cannot claim to be the causal factor in how fucked up American culture, politics, corruption, and the general information landscape has become.
I think you are right that it's an issue of choice paralysis and information overload.
I don't think paying MORE attention to all the possible "truths" out there is
the answer at all.
It's paying LESS attention - being careful with ones attention.
I guess a broad swath of people don't have the faculties or stamina to be that careful with their attention and hence your comment.