It is paradoxical that the information age has become the age of disinformation and mistrust.
Mistrust of courts, the state, big tech, television, documentaries, news sites, opinion writers, experts, ... seems to be increasing by the day.
The reason is of course that they are no longer neutral but are using their power to push their agendas, to punish "wrong-think" and to silence dissent.
The powers think that the cure for disinformation is control. NO! That will lead us back very quickly to the medieval ages where if you disagree with the powerful, you are burned at the stake.
The solution must be, even if it is annoying in the short-term, to relinquish control and let truth win in the free market of ideas.
Neutrality is a noble ideal because it gives "you" the power to decide. It was always hard, but today it is harder than ever to escape the screaming mob if you remain neutral in the exercise of your power. Bias (if it keeps the peace) seems to be valued higher over objectivity.
Democracy must mean safety in disagreement.
As someone said on Twitter: "I remember when the news used to tell us what happened and we had to decide what to think about it. Now the news tells us how to think about something, and then we have to decide if it even happened."
Mistrust of courts, the state, big tech, television, documentaries, news sites, opinion writers, experts, ... seems to be increasing by the day.
The reason is of course that they are no longer neutral but are using their power to push their agendas, to punish "wrong-think" and to silence dissent.
The powers think that the cure for disinformation is control. NO! That will lead us back very quickly to the medieval ages where if you disagree with the powerful, you are burned at the stake.
The solution must be, even if it is annoying in the short-term, to relinquish control and let truth win in the free market of ideas.
Neutrality is a noble ideal because it gives "you" the power to decide. It was always hard, but today it is harder than ever to escape the screaming mob if you remain neutral in the exercise of your power. Bias (if it keeps the peace) seems to be valued higher over objectivity.
Democracy must mean safety in disagreement.
As someone said on Twitter: "I remember when the news used to tell us what happened and we had to decide what to think about it. Now the news tells us how to think about something, and then we have to decide if it even happened."
