&quot;I see an entire civilization confused by a ubiquous mass communication tool which they invented to do exactly the opposite: enlight them.&quot;<p>There was never a stream of pure, refined truth available, that just somehow lacked a distribution method. All there ever was was a confusing mixture of an uncountable varieties of different possibilities, theories, and facts of varying veracity. Now you can have more direct access to that confusing mixture, with all the attendant privileges and responsibilities.<p>There were things that <i>claimed</i> to be streams of pure, refined truth. Those claims didn&#x27;t become false. They always were false. Now you can tell that better. It may not feel like progress, but it is.