- By losing ““the media”” as a trusted institution, we’re losing our shared truth. - Individuals go down their algorithmic rabbit hole, which tends to favor [[{1.2a2e2a1} algorithms increase the spread of misinformation|misinformation]], which leads them to trusting legacy media less, which pushes them toward their algorithm, and so on. - This is basically what I was trying to articulate in [[2024-11-07 time to log off]]: - If we can each invent our own version of reality through the content we consume, shared truth does not exist anymore. It just matters what you’ve been exposed to and *feels accurate* to you. - Warzel frames this as “choose-your-own-adventure reality” 🤌🏻 - [[2025-01-19]] This is exacerbated by [[{3.4b} the mirror world is where people end up when their views are too extreme or fringe for traditional social media|{5.9b} the mirror world]] and the fact that [[{3.4b1} once an issue is picked up in mirror world, it becomes untouchable]]. - It feels like words don’t mean anything anymore, and so they don’t. - See also [[data voids are gaps in information online|{10.2a} data voids]].