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I've never understood why there's this huge appetite for misinformation. There's universal access to the facts. That was a promise of the internet which has been fulfilled. So why do people like nonsense so much? Is it a failure of education? In the US I think that's part of it. Public school standards are low. Many people think that acquiring knowledge is a poor use of their time unless it's something that pays, like technical knowledge for their job. I think the UK is similar. If the arts and humanities are seen as a waste of time, current affairs also get ignored.