I am skeptical of the idea that we just need more education. We're more education now than we ever have been. Those going through school right now have a digital literacy level far beyond their elders. So there's no doubt there's a bit of a gap between ages.
But I think the more important factor is ideology. The media, for years, has exac…
I am skeptical of the idea that we just need more education. We're more education now than we ever have been. Those going through school right now have a digital literacy level far beyond their elders. So there's no doubt there's a bit of a gap between ages.
But I think the more important factor is ideology. The media, for years, has exacerbated that problem — we've been speaking to narrower and narrower subsets of people. I think the rise of the fact check proves exactly that.
Also: The appropriation of Indigenous customs by the patent medicine industry is super interesting! (And sad.) I didn't get into it here, but there's a lot going on there.
I am skeptical of the idea that we just need more education. We're more education now than we ever have been. Those going through school right now have a digital literacy level far beyond their elders. So there's no doubt there's a bit of a gap between ages.
But I think the more important factor is ideology. The media, for years, has exacerbated that problem — we've been speaking to narrower and narrower subsets of people. I think the rise of the fact check proves exactly that.
Also: The appropriation of Indigenous customs by the patent medicine industry is super interesting! (And sad.) I didn't get into it here, but there's a lot going on there.