We reached the point a while back from the perspective of information warfare but it has always been assumed by most that if you have evidence you can back up your position, but not any more.
It's trivial to manufacture fake images which to a casual observer will appear genuine, and its easy to F@CT ©H3CK with bots and GPT, and deep fake videos are quite popular.
The era of truth is behind us sadly....I think we should all realise that Providence will be more important in discerning truth than it will be at a Sotheby's auction....
Acceptance is half the battle. Enjoy the decline however you can.
I do think that acceptance is part of it. And it's now like Plato's analogy. I cannot look to these shadows for hope. I think there many layers of the cave and to peel back one doesn't necessarily peel the others
I for a long time felt that if you knew things that you could use that knowledge, but I think that knowledge is only half of it. Wisdom comes from the process of trying to apply knowledge and figuring out how to use the tools with skill
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I think that as long as we find ourselves complaining and worrying about the world (guilty as charged) that we are still in their game. Thr next stage is to come together to build the better future, and acknowledge that it was a period of loss and pain, but one which we can move beyond and forge a greater future.
We are the light, we can become the new fashions, the new trends, the new light of truth.
Pretty sure that’s one of the menu items