Navigating the Information Age
The loss of single sources of truth
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The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
Stephen Hawking
Ordinary people used to wake up, commute to work, come home, have dinner, and then unwind with some television; choosing from the same finite selection of channels as their peers. Before the ability to record shows and long before the advent of streaming, TV schedules were part of a household’s social calendar. Scheduled programming resulted in scheduled behaviours. Conversations at work would be initiated by; “Did you see that thing on the news last night?” or “Did you happen to see the final of Masterchef?”. Because the selection of viewing was limited and the ephemeral nature of TV shows1, the nation’s attention could be captured by something aired on TV the night before.
Shows like Squid Games, Wednesday, Stranger Things, Inventing Anna, Game …