If disinformation becomes commonplace in the United States as a political strategy, then the entire premise of a “marketplace” of ideas where good ones ultimately win out over bad ones before an engaged electorate becomes ... a fraud.https://twitter.com/benyt/status/1078483063850651650 …
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Besides that, what people need isn’t protection - they need adequate information, functioning tools for evaluating that information, and for both to be delivered in good faith. Our ability to make judgments is only as reliable as the inputs.
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The most powerful “functioning tool for evaluating information” is well-honed individual judgement. Hard to outsource.
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Understand, but the tension has been going on for centuries. The Roman poet Juvenal asked “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” Which translates to "Who will guard the guards themselves?" Only the People’s ability to separate reality from illusion.
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