... And if we manage to re-establish a reliable communication channel with each other, at least for a large enough subset of people, we can also start agreeing on what the facts are again. ...
... There may be a golden age of information curation and fact-based learning in front of us!
(Don't laugh! If you don't believe that possibility, think of what future you believe in instead. I choose to be an optimist if a non-zero chance exists.) ...
... Of course, there is still a gigantic gap from the rudimentary Fediverse of today to such an age of facts, and another gigantic gap from the facts to actually finding ways of addressing the polycrisis, but I cannot see how else we could make progress. (end)
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There may be a golden age of information curation and fact-based learning in front of us!
(Don't laugh! If you don't believe that possibility, think of what future you believe in instead. I choose to be an optimist if a non-zero chance exists.)
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