Fast News and Human Fealty
Humans are slaves to information. Just as we must eat, we cannot help but filter everything in the world through the information-loving organ between our ears. And just as there are many different flavor palettes, there are equally numerous information palettes in our environment for us to sample. There is every flavor of movie, subtle notes of conversation, and carefully curated textures to every news article. Within themselves, each has similar common information structures which have all been commented on, spun out, and then pushed to the limits by creatives to be delivered back to us in continuation of the cycle of consumption and regurgitation. There is a problem however, because what our evolutionarily primitive palettes enjoy most are not the foods and information that are best for our species. And yet, we continually feed ourselves poor quality food and bad information. In this way, we have managed to - across sectors - undermine and cannibalize ourselve