The Disinformation Age

The internet is a collective store of human knowledge— and we humans believe ourselves to be more knowledgeable than we are. 

We are enabled to share information rapidly, thoughtlessly.

This is something people seem to be realizing the deeper into the information age we go. With a multitude of thoughts, facts, and opinions to pull from, how do we separate the wheat from the chaff? How do we find the correct information without cherry-picking the ideas of those who agree with us? 

How do we separate genius from idiocracy?

To this, there is no answer, yet a clear desire for one.

Historically, people had to sacrifice to write texts to share their teachings. Trading their limited time and energy to communicate, to share. Now, one simply has to move their thumbs. 

Even within experts in fields there are variances in facts. These are the S Tier workouts, not those. That expert claimed this in their video but here is why they are wrong. 

This creates a cruel paradox as those seeking clarity are left more confused. 

Add to this that the conflicting ideas and reluctance to accept the ideas of others as truth allows for people to constantly sharpen their ideas and we have an intriguing dilemma. 

One thing is clear: when someone has taken a great deal of time to understand what they are talking about—when they can take complex ideas and simplify them to a degree with which a beginner can understand them—you can see that you are working with someone that understands their topic. 

They may disagree with other experts but if they are able to talk through their ideas and concede that they may not know everything—you may have just found a great source of information. 

Those who are so willing to mull over their thoughts and amend their ideas—accepting their faults along the way—are seekers of clarity. 

They are the people who help us all progress.