I think our skill to process information has natural limits, which were overwhelmed decades ago by the social media firehose and a breakdown of information-filtering infrastructure.

an average edition of a newspaper the size of The Times already contains more information about the world than a person in the 17th Century was likely to come across in a lifetime. (Wurman, Information Anxiety)

That was back in 1989. We’re now 30 years later with an internet supercharged by predatory algorithms.

And we can’t filter all of it without either completely withdrawing from the world entirely or spending months learning why and how to filter it ourselves.

We have had information overload in some form or another since the 1500s. What is changing now is the filters we use for the most of the 1500 period are breaking, and designing new filters doesn’t mean simply updating the old filters. They have broken for structural reasons, not for service reasons. (Shirky, It’s Not Information Overload. It’s Filter Failure)

Serbian prosecutors on May 14 announced that the cultural official in charge of the site’s historic designation had forged a key document and had been arrested. Goran Vasic, the acting director of the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, admitted he had fabricated an expert’s opinion.

“Vasic forged a proposal for a decision to revoke the status of cultural property,” prosecutors said in a statement.

So they forged a document in order to un-protect the building site?

I want to be sympathetic, but… even if she voted for him because he promised to only deport the serious criminals… what about the everything else he promised? What about his track record on just about any promise he’s ever made?

I feel like the gas and the monthly cost of the loan they took out against their mortgage is probably tax enough.

I genuinely believe most of these super-truck owners already have one foot in the financial grave and are just in denial about it.

Thank you! I now understand the joke.

I was with you until the last step. How did it all get sorted, instead of having two “peaks”?

Is there a Lemmy function to block keywords?

I have never seen a conversation that was made better by this guy being a part of it. Even takedown videos make me feel like the other guy should have better things to do.

Edit: I know it probably wouldn’t have saved me from this post, but figured I’d ask while it was on my mind.

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