“Propaganda is not primarily the art of lying; it is the art of psychological manipulation. It is primarily the art of directing attention. Propaganda ensures that you notice certain aspects of reality and not others. And what is more suited to that than a search engine? Google is nowadays the Great Other that answers all your questions.”
-Mattias Desmet
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An apt warning. The other is that if you tell a lie often enough, you end up believing the untruth yourself.
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That’s one reason I use Duckduckgo whenever possible, and never make use of Google’s AI summaries.
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I was starting to write a comment about those AI summaries, but it got too long and rambling and off-topic, so I guess it needs to go in a different post!
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Searching and fact checking is essential but I sometimes wonder if people only search the sites they think will agree with them. That’s when the internet becomes a bit more dangerous.
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Whoa! That is something to ponder…
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I love Professor Desmet – a great thinker.
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Google does indeed answer questions but we should all check and check again to make sure the answer is true and accurate. So far I have not found any problem.
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