Almost as of by design of corporate overlords and billionaires. Almost as of billions of dollars and collective hate can’t fill the emptiness. Almost as if we should focus on healing everyone’s (including billionaires ')wounded inner child schisms and social divides may start healing. Maybe
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Frozengyro@lemmy.world 1 week agoThis is how most people think and see the world, which is why we (the US) are in the boat we’re in now. People don’t see the big picture if they never have to or aren’t taught how to think critically.
Maeve@midwest.social 1 week ago
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
I think it’s a complicated problem. To start with, the studies are usually paywalled. If you can afford to purchase access, you still need the capacity to understand and parse the formal academic language. Most people have neither of those requirements, and have to rely on the media to report the statistics accurately, which doesn’t happen.
This leads to a situation where the media keeps trying to say, idk employment statistics are better than ever, and then everybody updates their mental blocklist to filter out the word ‘statistics’.
Frozengyro@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Not to mention most issues are extremely nuanced and complex, not something that can be accurately broken down into 5 second sound bits.
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
That was the whole point of the media before it became entertainment