<< The Era of Discovery >>
I will continue to write “Only in Korea” series and let you know
what you haven’t even imagined of East Asia. Also I am writing a different
topic regarding Japan now.
I want to tell you this. If you are a reader of my blog, you shouldn’t
think that I am typical Japanese. As the matter of fact, most of things I have
been explaining in my blog about Japan Korea and China, Japanese people don’t
know.
In other words, Japanese people are as
ignorant as Westerners Asians and people from other part of the world. So it is
the same difficulty I encounter when I try to convince Japanese people as I try
to convince Westerners and Asians because Japanese people also have the
groundless prejudice that all humans are the same as we are.
We all “humans” tend to think“All people are the same as we are” while self-conveniently believing
"My standard, (or my belief), all humans will agree with because I think
it is the right thing and the best thing! How can people from other country
possibly disagree with us!? We are the same humans after all so all people will
agree with our thoughts!"
But it is all wrong. I tell this to
Japanese as much as I do in my blog in English.
The era of internet is the era of
information. In other words, it is an era of discovery.
Although there is tons of fake information
flooded on the internet as propaganda (non-evidential brainwashing), but at the
same time you will have more chances to run into different aspect (truth) and
accurate information such as EVIDENCES than TV and newspaper.
When only TV, Newspaper, books were available, there was no process of verifying the information. So the condition was more like a cult that you had to believe any information exposed to yourself.
The media (TV, Newspapers, Books) were cult leaders for all people.
None of people had any doubt on what the cult leaders said. However, in the era of internet, you can verify the information exposed to you.
The media (TV, Newspapers, Books) were cult leaders for all people.
None of people had any doubt on what the cult leaders said. However, in the era of internet, you can verify the information exposed to you.
What you learned at school can be 100%
wrong and fake if you verify the information on the internet because you might discover EVIDENCES which contradict from the information you have learned and believed.
It will be more and more difficult to push propaganda
(non-evidential brainwashing) as far as Freedom of Speech is protected on the
internet.
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