What's Your Information Diet?
Hopefully it's not like the all too common American diet, all crap.
By TLS
This is a difficult one. Just try to find credible, accessible, unbiased news/information. Go ahead, try, I’ll wait…
To make matters worse, if/when one finds a decent source, odds are half or more of those around will think it’s fake news. What the hell, man?!
Just about every issue around has been fractured into a kaleidoscope of perspectives. People talking about the same topic then begin talking past each other, never achieving any common ground. The end result being even more division.
The algorithms running sites and media sources don’t care about accuracy or credibility. Only clicks and interactions, and what better way than by pissing people off?
Some people try to mitigate the crap propaganda machine by watching CNN and then Fox News, for instance. Then after viewing those two extremes they try to figure out what may be the actual story. An ok method, but still not great.
Unfortunately, obtaining accurate and credible information requires a lot of work. This is something most consumers are either not inclined/capable of doing, or simply do not have the time to do. Which brings us back to our current mess.
What’s your information diet? If, like your food diet, you’re consuming only one thing, that’s probably bad. The best we can probably hope is that enough people consume enough of a variety to be able to see the news for what it is, a crap diet.
If you’ve been living on a junk food information diet, it’s time to switch. Read widely. Question everything. Balance your intake. Just like your body needs more than chips and soda, your mind needs more than clickbait and outrage. Choose better fuel for your thoughts.
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