[JKCalhoun]

Is it fucked up that we've become hyper-skeptical these days?

I mean, skepticism to a degree has probably always been a healthy thing. And then of course there were the Conspiracy Theoreticians.

Are more of us hitching up to the crazy train now? Or is this additional skepticism warranted? (And does that not make for a seriously fucked up world…) Or are the same conspiracy theorists just now finding a main-stream audience?

Yeah, have no idea where were headed.

[dTal]

It's warranted. Oh boy, is it ever warranted. If anything, we suffer from a catastrophic skepticism deficit.

Memes (the original kind) exist in a fast paced hypercompetitive environment now. Every single piece of information is delivered over the internet, sorted by algorithm, prioritized by recency and views and likes and shares, among others. Absent from the list is "veracity". It was always true that "a lie circles the globe while the truth is putting on its shoes" but now the truth is lucky to leave the house at all.