In my lifetime wars have changed. We had the Cold War, the war on Drugs , the war on Terror and can’t help but think the next war will be the war on “the truth” or weaponized information. Algorithms have forced divides in society, extremists, conspiracy theorists, and massive distrust in media, experts, Governments and those who think differently . The way media makes money is based entirely on clicks and outrage, we’ve weaponized and monetized attention. Society now seems less able and willing than ever before to have an open mind, to seek challenging views, to empathize, and both sides are smug, entrenched and more enthused to find simplicity and discount the other side as stupid or elitist. Meanwhile what is true isn’t just clear fake news but a mess of propaganda, satire, badly framed statistic, the viral nature of anecdotes. Covid19 is a clear example of a fog of information war. Nothing seems known, nothing seems clear, everything seems strange. Even info from authorities is contradictory . Meanwhile we’ve Trillions of money spent on fighting the wars of the past and physical weaponry and it seems nothing is spend on the software and business models that are going to tear the fabric of society apart and kill many people in impossible to attribute ways …see more