We're living in a perfect storm today when it comes to misinformation, disinformation, and downright ignorance, all of which is accelerating societal collapse. Put the internet together with the effects of neoliberalism upon our educational system and you have a disaster in the making.

I recently read an article in the <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-activists-who-embrace-nuclear-power" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Yorker</a> about nuclear power, energy supply and use. About how nuclear power is being embraced by so-called environmentalists as a non-polluting energy source. One problem I recognized immediately was the article completely omitted any mention of conservation or efficiency, both of which can offset energy supply. Worse yet, the author made only cursory mention of the nuclear waste storage problem. She also failed to talk about the persistence of radiation in nuclear technology and its effects on the biological world. The author, armed with information she no doubt gathered on the internet, decided she knew enough to pen an article on nuclear power. About how nuclear power is being embraced by so-called environmentalists as a non-polluting energy source. This is frighteningly naive. Actually its downright dangerous.

The internet is both a wonderful and horrible resource.  I can type in a search term and bring up a breathtaking amount of information.  In our fast food society people are under the impression that by using the internet, you can learn all you need to know in order to make informed decisions. This is a dangerous fallacy. People don't know what they don't know. Worse yet, they The internet is a level playing field. Allegedly we can access unbiased, factual information. The problem is that the internet is no substitue for reason, logic