people think it& #39;s bizarre, ironic, and funny when a frozen meat company points out the importance of critical thinking, but chances are the same message would never "go viral" if it was from a person. our society values entertainment over truth and that& #39;s a huge problem

uncertainty doesn& #39;t sell. nuance doesn& #39;t sell. long, complex lectures don& #39;t sell. a video clip of someone saying "it& #39;s complicated" will never perform the way one would of someone using confident, flippant, polarizing rhetoric, and that& #39;s a huge problem

getting people credible, thoughtful, and impartial information is an uphill battle because most have evolved (and been programmed) to not care unless it& #39;s entertaining and tells them what they want to hear, but we have to try in these times of cultural crisis and polarization