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Manuela Thiess Garcia's avatar

Yup, doing our own research is the only the best option, but since most of it is done .online, it's just a matter of time before the tech bros are cajoled into modulating politica content completely, maybe even rewriting evolution, que no?

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Bret Primack's avatar

At this point, anything is possible.

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Ricky Schultz's avatar

“Every video, every photo, every voicemail could be fake…” Let’s develop a “truth app.” Snopes on steroids. I wish I could say this isn’t brilliant and spot on…truth is, it’s where we are today. You nailed it again.

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Bret Primack's avatar

I have no idea where we go from here, or how.

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Michael Schuster's avatar

Thanks for another great essay.

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Carl Schell's avatar

Is Wiki a reliable source? You couldn’t cite it years ago, but now?… Appreciated this piece.

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Bob Mover's avatar

Terrific writing Brett! So good to hear the truth that you are giving us. So terrible that what you say is the truth!

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Arthur Rosch's avatar

Well. There IS my dog. I got nothing brilliant to say. You just said it.

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Steve Laifer's avatar

We need the truth if we're going to survive

https://youtu.be/Cw8S3x3t_50

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Justin E. Schutz's avatar

I just hope my stay is in Guanajuato not Cancun ….. i’m only thinking about one of them.

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Steve Wolf's avatar

It's the let's-pretend trauma-matrix with Stockholm Syndrome. Still, despite the shrinking of attention spans impelled by digital hyperconnection and the accretion of online artifice and conspiracy theory garbage, people from far-flung corners of the globe who worried their artistic or intellectual divergence might be evidence of grim pathology have been able to connect and share ideas, inspiration and validation whereas previously they might have just worn odd clothing, worked furtively at the drug store, and pored over the odd dodgy gnostic text that turned up at the second-hand bookstore.

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Arthur Rosch's avatar

In fact, the Truth IS grim pathology. Well put, Steve Wolf. I have the gnostic text. I have a peaceful dog. I have a piano. I'm set! Let's gather at Bret's place next year with our instruments and go wild!

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