how do you filter just generally so that the information you're getting is more likely to be informative that includes even people just talking to you

And if it’s said on X it’s a straight up lie.

always has been

freedom of speech is a cliché. it cannot arise a priori in a world where there is a huge gap in educational levels.

That's make sense. 🤔

Everyone was born with the ability to have free thought. Free will. Everyone can be an independent thinker if that person wants to be. The sad part is that most people don’t utilize what they already have. It’s easier to be intellectually lazy, compliant, and follow the masses. It’s harder to ...

This

Profound.

Free speech and free thought are part of a feedback system, you can't view them in isolation as you seem to be suggesting, they are prerequesites for the possibility of one another.

Very much indeed

When people have a distorted view of what is normal or acceptable they place boundaries on what they are willing to consider. 1. Censorship of content. 2. Self censorship of speech. 3. Self censorship of thought. 4. Limited future outcomes. This is the matrix in a nutshell.

I am suddenly reminded of Orwell and his Thought Police cracking down on thoughtcrime…

just go outside

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The power brokers are working hard at convincing us there is no free will. With no free will, there is no free thought. If you don't believe in free will, you give up on thinking for yourself and yield to false (fiat) authority. With no free thought, free speech is neutered.