"What happens when mistrust becomes our default?" It's a good question, and it's not answered in the article, at least not directly. But I can sort of answer it because mistrust has been my default for as long as I have been thinking about such things. I have never trusted authority (because, when you're a student especially, authority figures lie constantly and badly). I read and experienced enough when I was young to learn to not trust news and entertainment media (from Donald Duck to statistics to Irving media and everything in between). It's not an impossible way to live, it's just a way that's different from what older generations experienced. "Images and videos aren't just pieces of online content, that we need to fact-check and verify. They are forms of communication. They are forms of building human connections." Connection is what matters, not content.
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