Anyone 50 or over, aka "old ****s" like me, know life prior to an internet. The Internet and its endless sources of information has a mostly positive effect on many things. It should bring us together, though algorithms in much of the social media seems to silo us and drive us apart.
But I have realized the single, one thing the internet has done.....and it is not a good thing. It finds any information you want. Let me repeat, it finds any information YOU WANT. Emphasis on "YOU" and "WANTING". That's the problem. Any belief you have, any narrative you believe, you can and will find dozens of sites of "experts" who will confirm and support these beliefs.
The truth is definitely whatever you want it to be. So now we have this alter-reality existing with everyone. It is really scary if you think about it. How dangerous is this? It will bring down society I believe, and things like "Skynet" from the Terminator, well, we are about here. People need to be a bit more savvy in these things. Stop taking these things as truths just because you want to believe them. Listen to the opposite side sometimes, doesn't mean they are right, but it helps you understand. The most isolated are the most vulnerable.
The reason why I am posting this, is a guy I know, who isn't a dummy, and played college sports, keeps sending me evidence of how "every game is fixed". As I try to tell him, that is impossible because in any crime, the biggest downfall to it being exposed is simply the number of people who know about it. Someone will talk. But my god, they can find this "evidence" on the internet that proves their point, and websites dedicating to prove these as "truths". Think "the twin towers were an inside job" type of stuff. This hopefully provokes some discussion and it really is apolitical, because it transcends party politics. It is us, it is the world, and it is an example just how easy people can and are being manipulated.
As a disclaimer, I am not John Conner and my mom's name is not Sarah.
But I have realized the single, one thing the internet has done.....and it is not a good thing. It finds any information you want. Let me repeat, it finds any information YOU WANT. Emphasis on "YOU" and "WANTING". That's the problem. Any belief you have, any narrative you believe, you can and will find dozens of sites of "experts" who will confirm and support these beliefs.
The truth is definitely whatever you want it to be. So now we have this alter-reality existing with everyone. It is really scary if you think about it. How dangerous is this? It will bring down society I believe, and things like "Skynet" from the Terminator, well, we are about here. People need to be a bit more savvy in these things. Stop taking these things as truths just because you want to believe them. Listen to the opposite side sometimes, doesn't mean they are right, but it helps you understand. The most isolated are the most vulnerable.
The reason why I am posting this, is a guy I know, who isn't a dummy, and played college sports, keeps sending me evidence of how "every game is fixed". As I try to tell him, that is impossible because in any crime, the biggest downfall to it being exposed is simply the number of people who know about it. Someone will talk. But my god, they can find this "evidence" on the internet that proves their point, and websites dedicating to prove these as "truths". Think "the twin towers were an inside job" type of stuff. This hopefully provokes some discussion and it really is apolitical, because it transcends party politics. It is us, it is the world, and it is an example just how easy people can and are being manipulated.
As a disclaimer, I am not John Conner and my mom's name is not Sarah.