Cynicism, Gullibility and the Internet Era

The Cynical, Gullible American Man - The Atlantic:

We have a data economy that thrives on selling products we don’t need for problems we don’t have, and a public that falls for these ploys—even as we think ourselves much too clever to be fooled.

This article, linked to by Kottke creates a new word, that might take off much as ‘enshittification’ did. This one is gullicism, noting that people seem now to be gullible about snake-oil salesman, and cynical about experts.

Yesterday I watched Louis Theroux’s Manosphere documentary and today I read this article at The Atlantic. I’m losing hope for the world.