Information Overload

There are so many unbelievable videos and photos and comedy shows on-line.

There are times when I get lost in the phone, watching snippets of this and that on Tik-Tok or reading articles on Twitter or Facebook.

There’s so much information out there…

…and yet.

Was thinking of making a large purchase and picked out the model and agreed on the price.

Salesman approached.

He was wearing a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat.

About an hour later, I watched a reporter interview a woman about the 2024 election.

She was dressed head to toe in political gear of her favored candidate including a “He can grab my….arrow down.”

The interviewer asked about the GDP, the unemployment rate and other economic indicators.

“I don’t believe in your data,” she said.

“Where do you GET your information?” The reporter asked.

“Straight from his mouth,” she said. “If he says it it’s true. If he doesn’t, it’s a lie.”

And I wondered:

“How did we get here? Is there a way out?”

We watched the 4-part Netflix show with Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Laurie - a series about darkness and light and the Nazi invasion of France during WW II.

One of the major weapons employed by Hitler was mis-information.

Everyone ended their sentence saying, “Heil Hitler.”

“Can you believe he got so far?” Kathy asked.

“Look around here,” I said, thinking of the woman dressed up like a ball boy for a politician. “We have all the information that we can ever need, and people will only believe what they want to believe.”

In the golden age of information…

…because of deceit and evil…

…we are less informed than we’ve ever been.

Kind of scary.