Post-Truth: Why Facts Don't Matter Anymore
Why we can't seem to agree on what's true when it's easier than ever to check. Videos like this are usually on 2Veritasium: http://bit.ly/2Veritasium Support Veritasium on Patreon: http://bit.ly/Ve...
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This is the challenge of a YouTuber,which is, you know, pushing the record button and actually filming something.Because you never know: "Are people going to hate it?"Or "Is it good enough?"Have you thought through what you're going to say.I've not thought through what I'm going to say...(Laughter)Ok, so I wanted to talk about the question:Why is it that right now, when it is really easy to get access to facts, and informationWhere you could just pull up your phone and look up anything in the world...Why is it now that we have the most access to facts, do facts mean the least?Why does fake news spread now. Why are we morepolarized now than ever before and whatI have to kind of admit to you is that Iwas ...
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This is the challenge of a YouTuber,which is, you know, pushing the record button and actually filming something.Because you never know: "Are people going to hate it?"Or "Is it good enough?"Have you thought through what you're going to say.I've not thought through what I'm going to say...(Laughter)Ok, so I wanted to talk about the question:Why is it that right now, when it is really easy to get access to facts, and informationWhere you could just pull up your phone and look up anything in the world...Why is it now that we have the most access to facts, do facts mean the least?Why does fake news spread now. Why are we morepolarized now than ever before and whatI have to kind of admit to you is that Iwas ...
