There’s an optimistic way to describe the result of these trends: today, you can’t start a cult. Forty years ago, people were more open to the idea that not all knowledge was widely known.
This doesn’t seem to have aged well in light of the rampant spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories on social media (especially Facebook!)
This doesn’t seem to have aged well in light of the rampant spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories on social media (especially Facebook!)