Does anyone have any proposals for dealing with mass misinformation other that aren't censorship? I mean specific ideas, not just "people need to be more decerning"?
I ask because I don't like censorship but I feel we're approaching a point where we have censorship and democracy or we don't have democracy anymore. And I like democracy...
* information isn't glamorous, so unless we redesigned the whole media market it won't win by itself.
* educating people is noble, but it will take 80 years for the humans currently alive to be replaced by a new generation of educated people. And that's assuming a high success rate in education to spot fake news etc.
* there are very few ways to reform democracy that might improve this. We could require people to pass simple tests before they can vote, and blackout non-fact-only news for a month before elections. But I already hear how that's not much better than simply censoring fake news.
I ask because I don't like censorship but I feel we're approaching a point where we have censorship and democracy or we don't have democracy anymore. And I like democracy...
* information isn't glamorous, so unless we redesigned the whole media market it won't win by itself.
* educating people is noble, but it will take 80 years for the humans currently alive to be replaced by a new generation of educated people. And that's assuming a high success rate in education to spot fake news etc.
* there are very few ways to reform democracy that might improve this. We could require people to pass simple tests before they can vote, and blackout non-fact-only news for a month before elections. But I already hear how that's not much better than simply censoring fake news.
Any other ideas?