[luckylion]

> The greatest change that happened in the 21st century is that ideas spread at the speed of light, and any bullshit can be broadcast to billions of eyeballs very quickly.

On the other hand: those billions of eyeballs now have three gajillion hours of youtube presented to them any second. I'm fairly certain that a few large newspapers a hundred years ago had a much, much better reach when it came to implementing ideas into the general public, because there was so little else.

It's like hearing somebody speak that stands 5m from you in an otherwise silent room vs hearing somebody shout at the other end of a football stadium. If all the fans in that stadium coordinate to amplify their message, you will hear it and it will vibrate the seat you're sitting on, but they barely get that coordinated unless it's very simple messages that are incredible light on information.