The news is full of articles and commentary that seem to be written by people who have no sense of reality. In light of this, I’m going to share with you the way I see it.
The truth is, most news isn’t even true. Most of the time there’s a lot of bullshit out there. And most of you have nothing better to do than to click on everything that isn’t factually correct or false.
The problem with this is that it’s easy to assume that the news is factually correct. It’s not. So when you see things that are not factually accurate, you might think that some people might have a point. The problem with this is that it can easily be used as justification for not having a rational and objective discussion about anything.
Yes, we know that the news is not factually accurate. But isn’t this a small part of the problem that we’re trying to fix? The news is simply not factually accurate at this point. So what’s the best we can do? We can point out the errors, but we can’t really change the news or the news itself.
We can simply point out that the news is inaccurate. Or we can tell you about our project. We can tell you about our team. We can tell you about our goals and vision. We can tell you about our technology and how much we value transparency. But when we’re talking about the news, we’re talking about the things that are true. And if we’re not talking about the news, then we might as well not be talking about the news.
And this is the problem with modera news. It’s news. It’s true. And so we all need to start talking about it. At least if we want to be part of the conversation. And if we want others to know about us, then we need to start talking about it. But that doesn’t really mean that we should start talking about it.
So the idea is that we start talking about what we think is really news, and then let people know what they think is really news. And by then, we’ll know that we’re not really talking about the news.
Modera news is something that’s mostly been done on Reddit, but I think it’s also worth mentioning that even there you’re only talking about what you think is news. The only people who are really paying attention to what you’re saying aren’t the people who are paying attention to what you’re saying. But that’s okay because there’s no way to know that.
I think this is a really important point to make because it demonstrates the difference between being informed and being informed enough. When you’re actually informed, then you’re pretty much aware of what’s going on in the world and you’re able to decide if you want to be informed or not. But if you’re not informed, then you’re just going to be informed about what you think is news.
I like this quote from the article, “And when you’re not informed enough, you’re just going to be informed about what you think is news.” I think that’s a really great way to put it.
