They tried jesus
There is the debate going, on the topic social media being a benefit or liability for misinformation and an acid to democracy. Truthfully speaking we need to look at the common denominator for both of the issues. We don’t trust that humans won’t spread misinformation and we don’t trust that humans will be able to discern between the fake and truth. Humans are the worry for both… so the debate if its good or bad. The answer is both. In almost every scenario when we are dealing humans will have an example for every scenario. If we look at Stokel-Walker offering a more hopeful view, especially about TikTok, portraying it as a tool for democratic expression rather than destruction. Haidt and Donovan/Paris both emphasize the damaging effects of social media on democracy. Especially through polarization and misinformation. We see a higher concentration of every spectrum of human on the internet. Almost to the degree that everything has proof. It’s up to the viewer to decide. In the most prominent religions Christianity, there’s stories of people impersonating Jesus. If someone has the balls to try Jesus then we can assume they have the balls to try the news on TikTok.
Misinformation is at an all time high in every category. With the aspiration for many social commentators being to go viral. Many will conjure any story to do such. We need to respect the human race and identify those who are unbiased and well informed. There are many and if you seek them you will do the work necessary to find them. The frustration many find for getting the truth through social media is that we have to understand they are run by major money oriented companies. Companies are influenced by the masses of money.
I’ve come to the conclusion we must morph our thinking digitally cognitive. Imagine that there is a version of you online and a version of yourself off line. The amount of data collected, sold, bought, and repurposed has allowed many companies to become billionaires off of our data. Data put together to create a demographical representation of you a digital version getting blasted with ads pertaining to something you said aloud to sister. With that in mind we can understand a different reality is here and its blending the two worlds. So as we continue to become almost genetically intertwined with technology, we have to respect the nature of the reality we are creating. As everything above is below, where there is truth there are lies.
Really think about it, they tried Jesus… why wouldn’t they try you?