While the intention of the article is noble (it&#x27;s an empowering thought), I feel like it&#x27;s missing out on a more important idea.<p>That is: while ideally we would critically and deeply analyze every aspect of our life, we have limited time and energy. The reason we&#x27;ve been able to accomplish so much as a civilization is because we <i>delegate</i> thinking to others.<p>&quot;Always doubt the media&quot; is bad advice. It&#x27;s similar to &quot;always doubt your parents&quot; because they told you Santa Claus was real. Always doubting the media is exhausting, and the author probably doesn&#x27;t do it anyways, because he gets things done.<p>What&#x27;s perhaps worth investigating is how technology can help us reduce the amount of trust we put in a single entity. The trend from news sites away from user-submitted comments is worrying, because that&#x27;s an example of how one can read a story and immediately read critiques and reviews of it.<p>Quite ironically, Blake&#x27;s platform of choice for this post (Medium) removed our ability to make inline comments on his writing, which is perhaps the best way to accomplish that.