Duende555

Duende555 t1_jayrndl wrote

Okay I'm tired today and don't really want to fight about this.

My point wasn't that the decline in print media alone explain misinformation's rise - my point was that the rise in misinformation and a diminished attention economy secondary to the internet *partially* explains the decline in print media AND has, in turn, led to print media mimicking the click bait tactics and misleading headline style that captures attention. Basically, print media is declining and increasingly trying to ape the style of Fox in an attempt to slow their own decline. And that's bad.

Also I'm tired today so that's probably all I got right now.

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Duende555 t1_jax1dpj wrote

Don't know what to say my guy. The decline in print media has closely followed the rise in disinfo and Foxification of news. All competing for the same clicks and same attention economy.

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Duende555 t1_jaw4wnx wrote

Unfortunately, this trend closely tracks the decline of print media and journalism in general. As subscriptions decline, more and more companies are looking towards easy click-bait tactics and misleading images or headlines to generate engagement. This has been apparent for a number of years with low-quality click-bait websites, but is now increasingly seen at the level of "quality" newspapers and news sources like the New York Times.

People want easy answers to simplify a complicated world and misinfo usually targets that.

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Duende555 t1_j344k3l wrote

Doomerism is a tactic of disinfo intended to depress and demotivate people from pursuing answers to climate change or attempting to change the status quo. And Futurology is regularly brigades by authentic and inauthentic accounts looking to sow FUD for their own ends.

Much like anti-science on r/science, disinfo is a problem on Futurology.

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Duende555 t1_j1suh57 wrote

Okay but seriously I do have friends that occasionally have issues with manic episodes and lofty ideas and grandiose speech can be huge indicators.

As to untapped brain potential… sure. Probably not in a science fiction psychic powers kinda way though. More in the regular blood pressure control and better nutrition and societal conditions would make it a lot easier for everyone and lead to a lot healthier brains.

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