I don't want that, but I see your point. I would rather our population have a healthy immune system where bad ideas just don't survive, than to have us live as Bubble Boy, cut off from the rest of the world forever.
Alas, I fear even if we had a perfect utopia where it was easy to give everyone the choice between fake news that reinforces their beliefs and unopinionated, factual news, it won't turn out any different than placing a bunch of hungry children in a room where there's a table of sweets and a table of nutritious vegetables.
Hell, even if it was adults given some training for self-control, the vast majority of them will dip into the sweets table from time to time.
People are really good at rationalization, such that even if they know up-front which choice was fake news and which was not, I bet you'd similarly observe a significant fraction (if not majority or super majority) of people choosing the fake news to feel better.
Sadly, I'm unaware of any real solutions to the fake news problem that don't make things even worse.
Hell, even if it was adults given some training for self-control, the vast majority of them will dip into the sweets table from time to time.
People are really good at rationalization, such that even if they know up-front which choice was fake news and which was not, I bet you'd similarly observe a significant fraction (if not majority or super majority) of people choosing the fake news to feel better.
Sadly, I'm unaware of any real solutions to the fake news problem that don't make things even worse.