João Pedro Caetano

I think about this image a lot...
Brings back passages out of Iain McGilchrist's "The Master and His Emissary".

Don't think Post-Truth, think Pre-Truth.

unquestioned radicalism with a soft voice, weirdos thinking it's their moment in history, as they finger their touch screens, stochastically building momentum to help grandma & the little guy kill the pedophiles & "corrupt politicians" or "corporations".
What stupid revolution is this? What is this?

All this "let's go for change. Our institutions don't work. Let's fight the power. I will not be fooled. I am for justice. I am for truth and the marketplace of ideas" is running on automatic pilot now and it's surreal to see. No guardrails, just radical moves on the chessboard,

The thinking of conspiracy theorists fascinates me.

“We're being run by a secretive elite that is so secretive I can see what they're doing."

“I have alternative news and I find out differently.”

"Behold the persuasive power of absent evidence."

“Just because someone says something in such a way that you’ll buy into it, doesn’t mean it’s backed by reasoned evidence.” -- @mattdillahunty.bsky.social

That insightful statement has stayed with me and guided me for years (since 2007 or thereabouts?).
Thank you, Matt!