I feel like distrust in general is on the rise. We used to just acknowledge that in some areas we have no idea. Therefore, we'd trust others who do. With the internet in its current state, everybody seems to have an idea all whilst it becomes more and more apparent that big institutions might not only have your wellbeing in mind. So we become frustrated with the fact that we can't seem to trust one thing, search comfort in communities whilst forgetting that we probably shouldn't trust them blindly as well. So who do we trust? Might just be easier to follow the ideas of likeminded people or that influencer you find cool than the big pharma systems. The sadest thing is, those influencers also want to make money off of you. Who cares about humans anymore? I think it's justified that everybody gets confused in this world..

We dumped people all this information in these recent decades, which was great, but never taught them critical media theory to actually vet the firehose and identify high quality information from bad or troll posts or straight up propaganda. They think they are doing research, but it is more like walking into a saloon and listening to whatever might be said and running with it.