Anyone who thinks this will lead to productive skepticism hasn't been paying attention. As the amount of information we have to digest has exploded, more and more people are overwhelemed and unable to process it; they then tend to fall back into believeing everything that comports with their worldview, or forming the belief that they're unable to know the truth, which really end up being two sides of the same coin. Our ability to have conversations is breaking down as our shared reality has become more and more narrow.
That's before you even bring in misinformation and disinformatoom, let alone AI.
We're going to get more skeptical alright, it's just not going to be in a good way.
That's before you even bring in misinformation and disinformatoom, let alone AI.
We're going to get more skeptical alright, it's just not going to be in a good way.