The Importance of Fictions in Changing the World

Jaws, like many disaster and horror movies, contains the core lesson. Whenever there's a problem, greedy people will ignore it. Pedalers of fake news spin emotionally involving fictions because they're effective. They help suspend critical thinking and build a faithful audience. Legal proceedings against online propaganda-stallics-Jones and now Fox News speak to a need for audience retention that apparently trumps an awareness of truth. And fantasy can make us do very real things. From buying food supplements to hating strangers, to accepting election fraud intelligence from someone who says the wind talks to her.