@Daojoan

We are unquestionably wiser*

The fact that a relatively small number of bad actors have used the tools of information to build obscene wealth and power for themselves doesn’t negate our wisdom, but it does expose the vulnerability of our social structure which, I think, is based on an assumption that the many good people can/will stop the few bad.

So wiser, or better informed, doesn’t necessarily mean we automatically have a better society.

*In my opinion. Not claiming to be the sole arbiter of wisdom, etc.

@mttaggart Well, since this is objective reality at the moment I think the answer is “we deal with it.” For me personally, it means I’ve basically stopped reading anything on the internet. Fedi still seems mostly real so that’s nice. And I still read blogs from before the dark times by people I know actually write. It’s going to get harder to tell signal from noise, but I think we will develop techniques to identify real voices. Hopefully this doesn’t last forever.

@akareilly “If politicians gave a shit about…” pretty much only works when the next word is “money”.