Is Twitter a Step Towards Ending the Ignorance?
Individuals may argue that social media platforms are pointless in regards to factual information, seeing as the platforms are primarily used to share status updates, selfies, food pictures, and memes. Has the use of social media introduced individuals into a new age of ignorance? An ignorance so intense that is distracting individuals from factual evidence and feeding lies in order to suppress the voice of the public? The article “The Age of Ignorance” by Charles Simic discusses the idea that ignorance is preferred in our country as opposed to intellect. According to Simic, “A truly educated populace would be bad, both for politicians and for business”. Simic argues that gullible individuals are what politicians desire, because they will be unable to distinguish lies from truth, which may sound odd but it is a very real thing. A perfect example would be last years presidential election; plenty of individuals gave into President Trump’s long list of promises, fully believing plenty of...