Anyone who says they know the outcome of all this is part of the problem. Thank you for enhancing the conversation around these scary "storytelling" times...
For me, that's part of an ongoing process of fragmentation and isolation. But the question is misleading: It implies that things just happen. But they happen—for a reason, and more importantly, we shape them through our daily actions. The more important question is: Reflecting on this dynamic, what world would we like to create?
Rachel, my concern is the very construct of community and the trust that underpins the togetherness of community is under threat. When JD Vance said, this week in an interview on CNN with Dana Bash, that he is willing: “…to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention...” we have a serious problem - our very democracy is being challenged. If people in positions of power can so flippantly admit to using misinformation, then who do we trust and how do we establish the boundaries of that trust?
It reminds me of that famous quote: "Truth is the first casualty of war..." In many countries we are not even at war and truth is and has been under attack in many guises for a long time enhanced and spread by social media and, in many instances, mainstream media who have their own political agendas.
I totally agree. The problem is we don’t appreciate the fragile relationship between the truth and trust until it’s gone. No media company yet has figured out to become the resolution not the enabler of the problem. Should CNN even air that clip? Does it give fuel to the fire?
I am working on a project right now that is aimed at "truth" and "disinformation"...and the Nobel quote was perfect compliment to the thinking.
Anyone who says they know the outcome of all this is part of the problem. Thank you for enhancing the conversation around these scary "storytelling" times...
For me, that's part of an ongoing process of fragmentation and isolation. But the question is misleading: It implies that things just happen. But they happen—for a reason, and more importantly, we shape them through our daily actions. The more important question is: Reflecting on this dynamic, what world would we like to create?
Rachel, my concern is the very construct of community and the trust that underpins the togetherness of community is under threat. When JD Vance said, this week in an interview on CNN with Dana Bash, that he is willing: “…to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention...” we have a serious problem - our very democracy is being challenged. If people in positions of power can so flippantly admit to using misinformation, then who do we trust and how do we establish the boundaries of that trust?
It reminds me of that famous quote: "Truth is the first casualty of war..." In many countries we are not even at war and truth is and has been under attack in many guises for a long time enhanced and spread by social media and, in many instances, mainstream media who have their own political agendas.
I totally agree. The problem is we don’t appreciate the fragile relationship between the truth and trust until it’s gone. No media company yet has figured out to become the resolution not the enabler of the problem. Should CNN even air that clip? Does it give fuel to the fire?
Nowhere good.
Excellent work.