Post by account_disabled on Feb 28, 2024 4:56:31 GMT -5
In this historical period that we associate with information and communication, and that even - with that undisguised arrogance that is becoming one of the qualities that characterize, like bipedalism or language, a species that describes itself as sapiens- we identify as a knowledge society , day after day those of us who are not supporters of certain communicative practices, feel overwhelmed by a diversity of madness in communication, which combine reason, thoughtlessness, truth, lies, manipulation, unreason, knowledge, ignorance, temperance and aggressiveness, in appropriate proportions for the fulfillment of certain objectives, not always coinciding with that of truthfulness and objectivity. All of this, often seasoned by the manipulation of emotions [1]. Citizens face the complicated task of filtering and distinguishing information and disinformation, when they do not directly opt for informational desistance [2]. We know of the licentiousness [3] and.
The aggressiveness with which some champions of certain economic, political, thought and intellectual sectors handle themselves, in the face of rational and calm debate and in the face of reflection - useful and increasingly Malta Phone Number scarce instrument despite having the property of converting information into knowledge- [4]. A behavior that is particularly manifested in relation to certain issues that in the opinion of some threaten the libertarianism to which they have become, that of "everyone do what they want, even if it harms their neighbor or the rest of society, as long as he doesn't do it with me or mine. These angry attitudes and speeches deliberately induce - Antonio Muñoz Molina reminded us in an article entitled "You have to hide" - [5] to resort to hiding, as a way of defending oneself against those who seek to resolve the debate outside of words, because they lack of reasons, evidence or arguments, even all of them at the same time. Language, the use of words, that gift and ability that human beings are endowed with, whose importance has been recognized since ancient times. Aristotle was interested in language as a tool to obtain and transmit knowledge of reality.
But as José Antonio Marina [6] reminds us , language is the germ of communication, but at the same time a vehicle to deceive our belief-forming machinery. Also, let us add, to dull and stun our reasoning machinery. Language, Marina maintains, serves as a "substitute for experience, without any guarantee," and the media - in their use of this common good, we add - have the capacity to encourage this deception. The overabundance of information and the infodemic to which we are subjected [7], reinforced by the enormous capacity for dissemination that the Internet and the media and social networks supported by it allow, only act as catalysts and enhancers of information pathologies. . In the face of speculative capitalism, globalization, unlimited growth and the overexploitation of our planet's resources, which we have inherited and increased in this first quarter of the 21st century, initiatives and discourses emerge that defend and work for what Edgar Morin identifies as a "metamorphosis" [8]: a transformation that grants space and consideration to deglobalization, deglobalization, balance with the local economy, the possibility of degrowth as a plausible alternative to disproportionate and unlimited growth, the limitation of consumerist excesses, to sustainability in the use of raw materials and in the production of goods and services, to a plural, social and solidarity economy, respectful of the planet and all the living beings that inhabit it.
The aggressiveness with which some champions of certain economic, political, thought and intellectual sectors handle themselves, in the face of rational and calm debate and in the face of reflection - useful and increasingly Malta Phone Number scarce instrument despite having the property of converting information into knowledge- [4]. A behavior that is particularly manifested in relation to certain issues that in the opinion of some threaten the libertarianism to which they have become, that of "everyone do what they want, even if it harms their neighbor or the rest of society, as long as he doesn't do it with me or mine. These angry attitudes and speeches deliberately induce - Antonio Muñoz Molina reminded us in an article entitled "You have to hide" - [5] to resort to hiding, as a way of defending oneself against those who seek to resolve the debate outside of words, because they lack of reasons, evidence or arguments, even all of them at the same time. Language, the use of words, that gift and ability that human beings are endowed with, whose importance has been recognized since ancient times. Aristotle was interested in language as a tool to obtain and transmit knowledge of reality.
But as José Antonio Marina [6] reminds us , language is the germ of communication, but at the same time a vehicle to deceive our belief-forming machinery. Also, let us add, to dull and stun our reasoning machinery. Language, Marina maintains, serves as a "substitute for experience, without any guarantee," and the media - in their use of this common good, we add - have the capacity to encourage this deception. The overabundance of information and the infodemic to which we are subjected [7], reinforced by the enormous capacity for dissemination that the Internet and the media and social networks supported by it allow, only act as catalysts and enhancers of information pathologies. . In the face of speculative capitalism, globalization, unlimited growth and the overexploitation of our planet's resources, which we have inherited and increased in this first quarter of the 21st century, initiatives and discourses emerge that defend and work for what Edgar Morin identifies as a "metamorphosis" [8]: a transformation that grants space and consideration to deglobalization, deglobalization, balance with the local economy, the possibility of degrowth as a plausible alternative to disproportionate and unlimited growth, the limitation of consumerist excesses, to sustainability in the use of raw materials and in the production of goods and services, to a plural, social and solidarity economy, respectful of the planet and all the living beings that inhabit it.