we may have arrived in an era of permanent fake news, with no possibility of authoritative common ground on anything
how do you adapt to/survive in such an info environment?
Conversation
Replying to
I’ve had many friends simply cut off reading news altogether. Pruning Twitter and not logging on Facebook. They seem happier.
1
Replying to
Yes, caged animals are always happy once they get resigned to their captivity
1
1
Show replies
This is what they want. It sounds cool but is basically incapacitation on most fronts
6
My point is, that “only real option” is actually defeat.
2
“They” is not fair gurative. It’s literal bad actors with enough resources to swamp info channels with bots etc
Replying to
Survival on intellectual terms means resisting the idea of “news” as a pathway to “authoritative common ground.” Kind of like asking “which music is best” and then insisting that “best” must be current Top 40.
1
2
Replying to
News is necessary but not sufficient
Without it intellectual life is reduced to math and philosophy
3
Replying to
Or we are now unavoidably aware of a condition that has always existed.
1
1
4
Replying to
Nope. Internet didn’t exist before. It’s a comforting false rationalization to think things haven’t really changed.
2
5
Show replies
Replying to
Collectively owned, peer-to-peer, open-source panopticon. Ultra-Wikileaks. Full transparency of all government and business affairs. All games played with all the cards visible to all the players. A world without secrets.
1
1
Replying to
Call me when you’ve demonstrated it functioning at any meaningful scale 😆
4




