nemoLx t1_j44bfl6 wrote on January 13, 2023 at 1:51 AM

Reply to comment by embracetheinfinite in [OC] American confidence in the government, economy, and information has been declining by GeorgeDaGreat123

is the question one of truth and trust, or one of consensus?

long gone are the days where we work in local, small, sub-urban communities and watch the same 30 min evening news and the same front page of the daily gazette or even the NYT/WSJ.

now everyone is subbed to a multitude of personal feeds on a multitude of apps from a multitude of sources, and work with people from all over the world, and no in the post pandemic era, literally virtual talking heads living in different part of the world at the same time.

do we even have a shared reality anymore?

embracetheinfinite t1_j44cs5f wrote on January 13, 2023 at 2:01 AM

I'd say both.

T&T because we are surrounded by systems that manipulate our behavior and beliefs for profit.

Consensus, because to your point, the nature of time and our experience as it is changing.

Cosmology and physics have recently revealed some natural authorities that bind our realities together. (infinite universes, the material nature of reality being momentary change)