The human species isn’t on a steady decline into stupidity—it just feels that way. Why? because now everyone has a microphone.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/dont-confuse-volume-with-truth/
@Daojoan
This is just... excellent.
Confidence v competence.
"The internet doesn’t make lies true—it just makes them louder. And humans, being the pattern-seeking, narrative-loving creatures that we are, tend to equate “louder” with “more real.”"
@czarbucks @Daojoan - Abraham Lincoln, 2019
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