100%. Luckily, I'm of a generation before social media reduced our brain mass. Reading books, articles, magazines, and listening to radio, now podcasts gave me foundational knowledge. That future-proofed me against propaganda. Rolf Dobelli said it best, "The less news you consume, the bigger the advantage you have. News has no explanator…
100%. Luckily, I'm of a generation before social media reduced our brain mass. Reading books, articles, magazines, and listening to radio, now podcasts gave me foundational knowledge. That future-proofed me against propaganda. Rolf Dobelli said it best, "The less news you consume, the bigger the advantage you have. News has no explanatory power. News items are bubbles popping on the surface of a deeper world."
"That furure-proofed me against propaganda." I never thought of it that way, but you're right. I, too, grew up when social media was in its infancy and never got into it. Tried Twitter briefly when Michael Phelps was in the Olympics and being criticized for smoking pot so I could blurb to him to ignore that crap (with no expectation he would read it) but dropped off after that. It seemed self-indulgent and I prefer research and analysis and learning from individuals who can lay out a case in more words than a sound byte.
I too am of a different generation except that I don’t even have a TV. Like you I’ve noticed that I don’t seem vulnerable to brainwashing and also can reason more effectively.
100%. Luckily, I'm of a generation before social media reduced our brain mass. Reading books, articles, magazines, and listening to radio, now podcasts gave me foundational knowledge. That future-proofed me against propaganda. Rolf Dobelli said it best, "The less news you consume, the bigger the advantage you have. News has no explanatory power. News items are bubbles popping on the surface of a deeper world."
"That furure-proofed me against propaganda." I never thought of it that way, but you're right. I, too, grew up when social media was in its infancy and never got into it. Tried Twitter briefly when Michael Phelps was in the Olympics and being criticized for smoking pot so I could blurb to him to ignore that crap (with no expectation he would read it) but dropped off after that. It seemed self-indulgent and I prefer research and analysis and learning from individuals who can lay out a case in more words than a sound byte.
I too am of a different generation except that I don’t even have a TV. Like you I’ve noticed that I don’t seem vulnerable to brainwashing and also can reason more effectively.