Posted on 08/29/2015 10:57:01 AM PDT by Company Man
The internet has revolutionized numerous disciplines, and propaganda is no exception. How can you know who's saying what -- and why -- online? Join Ben, Matt, and special guest Joe to learn more about the future of online manipulation.
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Cool. Now anyone who disagrees with us can be accused of being puppets or bots.
Lies, half-truths, incomplete truths, distractions, irrelevancies...they’ve been with us for millenia.
But now they come fast. Previously, data would come in gossip or newspaper and we had days, weeks or months before we reacted or were expected to react. Logic dominates over emotions when delayed by time.
Now we react quickly and are expected to react quickly. We track what is trending right now and forget what was trending 5 minutes ago or 5 months ago. Emotions dominate over logic.
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