Are we at a time when people are doing everything they can to “distract the other, ” to be constantly busy doing something?It’s paradoxical, because if we look back, it’s hard to find another time when we’re as distracted from reality as we are now. The point is that this state of life on the moon has consequences, such as living victim of misinformation.
Worse still, we have never received as much information as now. We are bombarded with information. From here, there and there, we receive information at all times, the problem is that much of this data is false or at least distorted, we are victims of massive misinformation.
“Freedom of expression leads to a certain freedom of listening. “Bob Marley
The consequences are very serious, especially in the political sphere, no matter how much we are not interested in the subject, we are constantly bombarded with false information about leaders and politicians, especially during important elections or decisions, and many end up becoming sympathizers or supporters. choosing indifference as a strategy.
After all, what can we do to prevent misinformation?
It is essential to exercise awareness to determine what you really need to know. Warning: You may want to learn about baseball, for example, but leave it alone for now. The idea is that you define what you need to know, not so much what catches your eye.
What you need to know is everything that has a direct relationship with your life, which affects you directly. If you don’t want to be a victim of misinformation, prioritize these issues, otherwise you’ll end up wasting your time easily with irrelevant, if eye-catching, information.
This is one of the most important mechanisms to avoid being a victim of misinformation. Today, we attach great importance to who says things and little importance to what is said. Anyone can talk nonsense and go viral, or spread lies that, because they are massive, end up being taken for granted.
Choose sufficiently recognized and serious fonts. It’s not about choosing the main media (which also deinforman), but websites, publications and people with a consolidated reputation, this does not mean that these sources are foolproof, but they are more responsible for what they say, this is the best. way to avoid being deceived.
Books almost always present much more refined and reliable information, writing a book is much harder than spreading a rumor on social media, requires much more work, and when published by a prestigious publisher, it involves rigorous selection.
Books are an excellent source of information, especially on topics that involve many opinions. Of course, books by people trained in consolidated or recognized literary careers are better. Books provide more than information because they help form a criterion.
Criticism is not about analyzing how negative something or someone has, it is more about the ability to evaluate, in this case, information, to develop this capacity there is nothing more reasonable than training and exercising it. it’s not swallowing everything they say.
Consider, for example, whether someone who is giving information might be interested in making you see the world in a certain way, assess how much you want to impress with what you say, use your reason, or are you betting to make?Do they provide serious arguments or use only weak, isolated evidence?Skepticism helps develop critical capacity.
Many problems in life come from a lack of consciousness, but there is also a tendency not to want to know, we stop wondering why our words and actions and those of others, many times we want to live distracted, think or do alone. temporary, which does not imply any reflection.
It is as harmful as it is. We cannot live worried about everything being aware of the slightest action or word, so we can find a balance. Cultivate our awareness of what really matters and subtract the significance of what does not matter.
If we become victims of misinformation we will lose both our freedom and the ability to have a clear and self-determined consciousness, so we must take care of what we can think of, filter, decant, meditate. Therefore, we can be more awake and have more freedom to decide.