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118 sats \ 1 reply \ @expatriotic 26 Jan \ on: Reality fracture mostly_harmless
Just imagine. 50 years ago, the country united behind one or two news broadcasters, and really trusted them. Especially before Nixon happened and Watergate... 150 years ago though information was disseminated via a plethora of local news papers... Pre radio/TV. Makes you think. Maybe we're getting back to a world where information hits our senses in a cacophony of mediums and memes and methods.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury OP 26 Jan
Crazy to imagine -- wasn't a newscaster voted the "most trusted man in America" or something? Seems like I read that.
Maybe we're getting back to a world where information hits our senses in a cacophony of mediums and memes and methods.
We are surely at that point already. I guess we'll see what the consequences are, and what structures / institutions / practices arise in response.
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