The problem is not info or misinfo but scarcity of attention.<p>Herbert Simon in 1971 - In an information-rich world, the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes. What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the Attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of Attention and a need to allocate that Attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it.<p>The current global attention allocation system is biased towards the biggest attentions craving characters on the planet And those who can buy the most ads.
Related <i>Misinformation poses a bigger threat to democracy than you might think</i>[0] (13 points, 3 days ago)<p>[0]: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40587204">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40587204</a>
Misinformation is a label for information that poses a not so small threat for societies posing as democracies. However, writing about the phenomenon is safe.