{"id":7489,"date":"2018-06-12T14:07:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T14:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=7489"},"modified":"2018-06-12T14:07:07","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T14:07:07","slug":"linked-inside-the-growing-flat-earth-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/06\/12\/linked-inside-the-growing-flat-earth-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: “Inside the Growing Flat Earth Movement”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inside the Growing Flat Earth Movement<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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In recent years I\u2019ve begun to feel conflicted about the internet. On the one hand, it\u2019s been wonderful in so many ways. I\u2019ve personally built my entire career on the fact that the internet enables me to publish as a one-person operation. But on the other hand, before the internet, kooks were forced to exist on the fringe. There\u2019ve always been flat-earther-types denying science and John Birch Society political fringers, but they had no means to amplify their message or bond into large movements.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(Via Daring Fireball<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Every day, more and more, I believe the Internet is a privilege. You must prove you are qualified to navigate it safely and securely. Very few can do that and while the beauty of the Internet is free speech, when someone is scientifically wrong, proven wrong, completely incorrect, they really shouldn\u2019t be able to participate in this global conversation that is the web. It\u2019s like drug-dealers. If there was a non-partisan and global body who could censor people who are repeatedly spewing BS and intentionally misleading people, the Internet would be much better. It\u2019ll never happen but it\u2019s a nice thought.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Why will it never happen? Look at the fake news movement. Both sides think that anything, even if proven true, that doesn\u2019t agree with their worldview is classified as \u201cfake news\u201d. You can prove it by interviewing the person the story is about and they\u2019ll say \u201cit\u2019s a plant by the other side to perpetuate the fake news\u201d sigh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inside the Growing Flat Earth Movement: In recent years I\u2019ve begun to feel conflicted about the internet. 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