Markets don't work for everything. Truth is one place where they fail.
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The search for truth is time-consuming. The leisure it demands is increasingly a luxury good. And this is by no means entirely accidental.
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Being aware of your own ignorance and desire to belief gets you halfway there and doesn't require much time.
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"The internet tends to make smart people smarter and dumb people dumber" - Ben Casnocha
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Any ideas on how to fix? Maybe have successful companies support more journalism as a public good?
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Open access to research! Shared truths are derived from peer review/hive mind. Help change copyright first, then move to education piece?pic.twitter.com/78WQ2hancB
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Solution is 2-way street. Consumers have to realize must actively pay att'n to info being consumed, but media companies also...
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...must make it easier for people to *actually understand* the news. Examples: Last Week Tonight,
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Depending on the judgement of the audience isn't really a solution, since judgement of the audience is why we have problems in first place.
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I don't think that's what Brian was getting at.
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I know what he was getting at, but one must consider that audiences may self select their explainers to fit their own conveniences.
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Naturally. After all, we are talking about Humans choosing which Humans they prefer as interpreters of truths they already want to hear.
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As a base understanding, I mean.
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There aren't 16 screens of mathematics lectures at the local cineplex for this very reason.
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The skill to distinguish between the truth and the more pervasive, pernicious garbage further entrenches class immobility.
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This is an SV problem too. These are top results for YouTube "moon landing" query. You'd never work w/ anyone who thinks this a conspiracy.pic.twitter.com/E5HnVRIjyV
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What if this knowledge inequality is within each person, not between them? Everyone can be deluded on one topic, well-informed on another.
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Trick is to increase the value of being well informed so utility of truth > entertainment value of lies
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