The liars advantage:
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The liars advantage:
Lies are cheap, fast, easy, numerous & emotionally satisfying.
Lies are slow to debunk. 10 can be produced in the time it takes to discredit one.
Truth is rare, slow, costly to produce, complicated & often painful.
As the speed of communication grows, the liars advantage grows further.
When everything in culture moves faster and faster, we have less and less time to find out the truth.
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Laxystem (Masto/Glitch)replied to Toni Aittoniemi last edited by
@gimulnautti but will we hit the point where lies are so indistinguishable truth becomes a commodity, what would then make it resurface?
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@gimulnautti 'a lie is halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on’,
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Laxystem (Masto/Glitch)replied to Laxystem (Masto/Glitch) last edited by
@gimulnautti (just like how the world was before the printing press was invented - all you had was rumours)
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Laxystem (Masto/Glitch)replied to Helen LH last edited by [email protected]
@Research_FTW @gimulnautti tbf, לשקר אין רגליים (lies don't have feet).