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Sam Harris On Consciousness, Meditation, Misinformation, AI, & What Ails The Modern World
The Rich Roll Podcast
The Challenge of Misinformation in Democratic Systems
Without a shared sense of reality and truth, democratic systems struggle to function effectively. In the current landscape, the resistance to addressing misinformation is high, often viewed as censorship. Issues such as platforms aggressively moderating content, governments combatting disinformation, and the preference for algorithms to amplify misinformation reveal a broken system with perverse incentives. The pervasiveness of lies spreading faster than truth exacerbates the problem. Any attempt to acknowledge or address misinformation is met with resistance and labels of elitism, particularly from right-wing perspectives. Alternative media further compounds the issue by fostering a culture of contrarianism where anomalies are sought without connection or coherence, mirroring a chaotic narrative structure.
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