Saturday, July 18, 2009

Metadata Doubts

I'm thinking about Doubt again...



About how it is the nature of digital media to ingrain doubt about the information



Digital pictures can be altered at will by those with a little skill and software...The Internet is polluted with distorted truths and quarter-facts...

The upside is that constant trolling, if you are doing it right, will sharpen your Critical Thinking skills - aka your ability to sniff out bullshit.

The scary part is when things that were part of Reality very recently dissappear down a memory hole...

When Reality is so editable, language so malleable, it throws the veracity of everything into question...




Do you see how this resonates with all these manufactured crises taking place?




Uncertainty is the hallmark of the New Reality...




I figure the trick is to realize and accept that the only constant theme of your life will be Change...

That way, uncertainty and inconsistencies are welcomed as normal instead of disastrous...

Look at these guys for Christ's sake.