How Technology Destroyed The Truth | Answers With Joe

[@joescott]

I think you can see that I went to great lengths to remain non-partisan in this video and I ask that you do the same in the comments. As always, living room rules apply.

[@Thumbsupurbum]

Bring back the fairness doctrine.

[@SelcraigClimbs]

Its likely blindsightedly optimistic of me, but I do have some hope that with the coming environmental struggles, coupled with technological advances (including the privatisation of space travel) will force some global level of cooperation with the goal of bettering our species and others. I just hope compassion and honesty will outweigh the ignorance and potentially harmful ideas such as flat earth, fundamentalism etc etc. Thought provoking video Joe. Love you big papa xoxo

[@cmdrterrorfirma4244]

@@Thumbsupurbum Question is... how would that even work? When the government could take away the channel's access, it was possible. now any joe, dick and harry can post and "broadcast" anything as truth and there is really very little anyone can do to enforce a "Fairness Doctrine" ... unless we become the ministry of truth from 1984.

[@will2see]

You went to great lengths to remain non-partisan by putting antivax commnity side by side with flatearthers and by calling Alex Jones derenged?

[@Fragninja]

Dude, thanks for your diligence at delivering truth as you know it to be true. I appreciate your efforts.

[@peteoconnor6388]

Critical thinking and kindness, not stated enough.

[@thebigpicture2032]

Kindness is never worthless.

[@zel6378]

basically this. Social media, as some have said, shows us what the average human intelligence is, but intelligence is something you can train just like everything else. Build abstract problem solving abilities in our kids. Sadly, this doesn't fit into Corporate American quarterly reports or the x year election cycle of politicians, so someone will come along and shut it down before it can spend the generation it needs to improve us.

[@mykofreder1682]

If it's not news worthy, like a science story on expanding space time, you just have to poke around and hold judgement because the subject is too complex to think out. If it is a story covered by major media, there are sights that eventually rate such stories on how factual the claims are and give supporting facts, and major news sight with another view will call out an outlet that publishes lies. You view stories on a sight that consistently lies, you should stop turning to the sight for information. You may watch them for echo chamber comfort, but integrating lies into your world view, refusing to research the truth, repeating lies, getting angry over those lies when people hand you fact, is allowing someone else control how you think, act, and feel, for that persons, not your, gain.

[@slomocalzone]

Global Digital Direct Subsidiarity Democracy Is there an alternative that doesn’t doom a large portion of the population to poverty? We still have a lot to learn as a species; millions of Americans seem to think we can legislate our way into prosperity while ignoring our overall lack of morality. Look at how many resources are used to fund military operations. We’ve been brainwashed to believe that perpetual war is a normal, accepted part of life. We are, in a sense, no better than our feudal ancestors who raided one another’s territories for resources. We just have better tools with which to yield our might. And we spend more on those tools than we do on the people who need the most help in our own country.

[@sntslilhlpr6601]

@@zel6378 It's not about quarterly reports nor election cycles, those are just symptoms. It's about power. Smart, well educated kids would lead to prosperity for all, including the richest. A rising tide lifts all boats. But the elite don't care about money per se, they care about how much of the pie they can hog, and how they can keep others from getting more than a crumb so that they are never challenged. At some point you just have to realize the fact that we are ruled by a bunch of fucking psychopaths who don't care about anyone else or even whether the human race eventually goes extinct...

[@docholliday9741]

Discovered your channel 3 days ago. Everything is brilliant and the topics you cover are right up my alley. I’ve been sharing your videos with my daughters and my 11 year old loves them too... That being said, I’ve spent the last 3 days sucked into the Joe Scott video black hole. Can’t. Stop. Watching. Someone please send help

[@bamm86]

Doc Williams sorry can’t help. It doesn’t stop until you’ve seen them all

[@franklinkz2451]

Doc Williams probably the best youtuber out there, i just had Joe on my podcast for a hr or so and very interesting show, “ Way Off Topic Radio” if your interested

[@gdubb6905]

@@franklinkz2451 how do I get podcasts? Keep hearing about them but don't know where to start. HELP PLZ

[@MichaelJONeill333]

Me too!!! Lol

[@thedarkdragon1437]

Ask from Anton Petrov... or in other words, what da math

[@SenaniTube]

I love ❤️ what you said at 15:40: “... and the only response that I can give to that is: I work really hard to be truthful in what I do. I work really hard to be responsible with this platform that I have and to use my voice in a way that makes the world better in some small way ...” 😊 here’s wishing you all the best ... please keep up the good work, buddy!

[@redstoneranger1404]

After following your channel for some weeks now, I added you to my list of trusted gatekeepers. Please continue your brilliant work.

[@Tattootin]

That is a great idea. Within your comment you basically Combined the two things that wouldn’t work to make a filter for bs! Wonderful mate!! Genius.

[@SpaceTh1ef]

the red coats always got something to say smh 🤦

[@matej3276]

My man literally predicted the movie "Don't look up"

[@gustavofabris9778]

In an Aljazeeera video that I saw some time ago they sayed this about our current situation. "Yesterday we all wanted to have an opinion, today everybody wants their own truth". That is scary, indeed. And get worse when you think that people usually have that mental bias that state that "in the end everything will be fine"

[@MrMattumbo]

I wouldn't watch Aljazeera, they're owned by Qatar, a foreign nation who used slave labor to build their World Cup facilities (and most other projects still to this day). They run Aljazeera English as a propaganda arm for their government and its interests. They're no different than Russian owned media like RT. That's not to say everything they say is fake or even misleading, but plenty of it is and it is all slanted and framed to align with narratives supportive of Qatar's interest.

[@terranovarubacha5473]

Al Jazeera does get government funding but it has editorial independence. Reporters without Boarders stands behind them and that's good enough for me. The irony of this (given the subject of the video) is not lost on me but, at the end of the day, we have to trust someone

[@coolworx]

Tech didn't destroy the truth. All tech did was democratize the ability to lie to an enormous audience. Until recently, this had only been the prerogative of the rich, powerful, and well connected.

[@coolworx]

@911zhenxiang Thank you. I try. ;-)

[@cmdrterrorfirma4244]

Exactly. Now any idiot can spread lies to the populace, not just those rich and powerful liars. The root problem is that humans are stupid evil and selfish at heart. The technology is just making it easier to shovel our BS further and further.

[@matlman1]

Replay Metal Gear Solid 2. Tell me it's not hitting the nail on the head.

[@mikemurphy5898]

Did you watch the video before writing this? Not trying to be a dick...really asking. I would have agreed until about 4 mins in...now the question is...do I trust joe?

[@davesulphate4497]

@@cmdrterrorfirma4244 Stupid and selfish yes, but not evil.

[@samanthathomas9338]

Rewatching this during the COVID-19 era is very different then when I watched it a year ago

[@elck3]

@inyrui celebrities eat kids??

[@ColeyDuncan]

It's completely nuts. A world war could kick off next month (not too crazy based on the month-to-month of 2020), and a large portion of society would deny it.

[@TabuKat]

It's like rewatching this while almost a quarter of Americans refuse to get vaccinated because they saw a meme that felt right.

[@JoshuaTootell]

Yeah...not getting better

[@DarenSchwenke]

7:27 "I would have chosen 'Let the bodies hit the floor', but that's just me". I think I love you...

[@ShipFantastic]

I feel exactly the same!

[@tarajh]

Right?!

[@lonebison]

I cracked up when he said that! NICE!

[@DMFan79]

Social media showed us what's the average level of intelligence of the human race

[@0neBadMonkey]

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” ― George Carlin

[@General12th]

Yep. 100 IQ.

[@cmdrterrorfirma4244]

Part of it is that people just react without thinking, yes... level of intelligence might be part of it, but I think the bigger part is LAZINESS. Like Joe said in his video, people consume all the crap that is tossed at them in social media and "news" but very few are willing to check what they hear. and yes that goes to intelligence to think to verify it, but honestly too many people have just no time to investigate and discern truth and facts from lies an falsehoods. I think there are plenty of thoughtful intelligent people left out there... just that they get lazy and have been trained to just respond to BS headlines.

[@ericwood3709]

There is really is something to that, I feel. We hear from endless morons who would have had little to no voice in all previous times. Suddenly the loud idiot has a vast social circle of like individuals, and they all make each other worse through that mutual, at times exclusive influence over one another in proverbial echo chambers and information silos. They only venture out to fight and argue once in a while. It is no wonder that our two political parties increasingly resemble two sides of a civil war. Someone recently called it a Cold Civil War, anticipating that one could start. I would say it's here now and has been for a while. It's also trench warfare of the kind that will just drag on and on. Most disturbingly, it gives hostile foreign powers like Russia great opportunity to come in and further worsen the situation in order to weaken our nation and try to turn one side of the conflict in their favor even as they exacerbate the conflict.

[@0neBadMonkey]

@@cmdrterrorfirma4244 I could not agree more. I have an IQ 'significantly' higher than average but I can be 'dumb as soup' sometimes and I barely spell, but most of my big mistakes are because I'm just lazy.

[@josephedmond3723]

We've increased our certainty without actually increasing our knowledge.

[@admkbldwn]

Everyone has learned _a little bit_ about _everything_ and we're collectively Dunning-Kruger-ing ourselves to death

[@DunnickFayuro]

@Adam Baldwin That's deep...

[@IdleWorker]

@@admkbldwn of my fucking god... I just got depressed.

[@dianeaustin2414]

Well said Joseph Edmond!!!!

[@makito2787]

"Fake news will be the end of humanity as we know it, it's all the memes!" - Albert Einstein, 1776

[@Shaggy_matt]

You wont fool us, I know full well that was Lincoln!!

[@augustwest5356]

Nope. Everyone knows Scottie Pippin said that in 1462 after winning his 47th NBA championship AND the Triple Crown on the same day. That day? We now know it as Christmas.

[@noneofurbusiness4821]

😂😂

[@salciano]

I was there when he said it!

[@alexanderleal8770]

All of you are funny🤣😂🤣😂

[@walle1134]

Joe, you are a fantastic human being. I can feel how genuinely you care about and research the information you present. Keep up the good work, my dude.

[@itsacrocidile]

Wow, I didn't realize I had stumbled across Joe talking about GPT-2 all these years ago. Super cool.

[@ryanstubbs3211]

Thanks for making this. This reality weighs on my mind often.

[@JJHewable]

Ryan Stubbs I agree, very interesting subject. Such a crazy time we live in.

[@thorboy666]

Only option is to have Mr. Rogers resurrected from his DNA. World needs people like him .

[@daveborinski3021]

Great idea but unfortunately he’d grow up in the current society and would be Mr Rogers in name only😩

[@justarandomname420]

AI will recreate his personality and good nature from all archived footage... Then clone Mr Rodgers will enforce eugenics for the 'good' of mankind. Won't you be my neighbor?

[@cmdrterrorfirma4244]

How about a "Mr. Rogers Internet Bot"? It tracks your internet use and sends you to sites that will lower your bias and your anger.

[@General12th]

Be like Mr. Rogers. You don't have to raise him from the dead to make the world better.

[@Thumbsupurbum]

He's too pure for our world. It would be cruelty to bring him back.

[@good_mourning]

Joe: "Ladies and gentleman, the end of the world." *Immediately after, an ad plays.* Me: 😱

[@Globovoyeur]

"Have whiter teeth -- have cleaner breath, when you're facing nuclear death." -- Phil Ochs

[@spacewizard69r96]

I hate ads

[@juliannesneary2674]

*just found this channel not too long ago* I found this hilarious, and to compound the entertainment value, my son was also watching a youtube video at the same time, on his own user log in, and viewed an advertisement from a vintage clothing shop that I recently purchased a cocktail dress from. I believe marketing has found its lowest common denominator.... i think that a lot... then they hit a new low.

[@xflyingtiger]

This is the best video you have ever done. My only criticism is with regard to the First Gulf War. It was actually the Iranian occupation of the American embassy in Terran that drew the mass audience to CNN. That event changed everything. I'd love to see an update to this video as it is nearly a year old. Thanks a ton for this video.

[@murraymadness4674]

That is correct, but the real thing about the gulf war news coverage is that is was SO BIASED in favor of the war as it created profits for the news business, and that is what Joe really got right, the big problem is people getting rich selling outrage, we call the news Hate, Inc, particular Faux, but they just more extreme case. As I said in above post, Joe says nobody has solutions, yet we do, we need to abolish the stock market and not make the world run on speculation "investment" profits, and big business should not allow to get too big and control too much, i.e. Disney, Faux, Monsanto, etc, etc. Simple, yet will the super rich will let you (us), hell no, just like big oil knew of climate change in the 70's, and in the 80's we were going to do something about it, so they ramped up the fake news propanda to throw doubt on it all, did you see the video of the Mobil Oil PR guy say it all how they did it when trying to get a new job with some mideast oil company..

[@gurmeet0108]

Everybody should have a voice but only rational crap should be heard. And Joe, I believe there is a solution and you are a part of it. You are encouraging a culture where - - rationality and science is respected - changing your mind is not considered weakness, we all learn things continuously and changing mind based on that is good not bad - biases are acknowledged, let's face it our brain is stupid and do idiotic things all the time - humble and polite conversation is preferred, instead of provocative one where the brain (idiotically) shuts down the rational part

[@TheWraithkrown]

@john smith I was going to give you a thumbs up for that statement, but the statement is so true I was too depressed to hit it.

[@TheWraithkrown]

@john smith I guess you will just have to use it to water your plants.

[@TheWraithkrown]

@bulletsholes Rational - based on or in accordance with reason or logic. Reason - the power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic. Logic - reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity. Those are all dictionary definitions. Here is how I see it, rationality is based on what can be proven true and not based on "Because I told you so." The key here is it requires thought, not belief. The popularity contest that is elections in the United States does not work because people would rather someone else do the thinking for them. In my opinion, for a democracy to work, the voters must make decisions based on rationality and not fear or belief. Unfortunately, from what I have seen, this is not the case here in the United States.

[@IdleWorker]

The problem with that is, that "rational", has become subjective...

[@TheWraithkrown]

@@IdleWorker Please see my earlier reply to this comment. I will admit that some people do tend to use the word rational without knowing what it means or in a blatant attempt to mislead people.

[@Liutgard]

I love your work, and I think you're a remarkably astute young man. Thank you for being so open and honest!

[@jerry3790]

The post-post-truth era can’t come soon enough!

[@kindlin]

I hope this is just an instance of poe's law.

[@JohnSmith-mc5qj]

I still believe the kids are smarter than any of their parents... two words for you... tide pods.

[@augustwest5356]

@Michael Timely Perfectly said. I was gonna comment, but you nailed it.

[@augustwest5356]

@@JohnSmith-mc5qj that doesnt make sense. I love it.

[@nicknorthcutt7680]

Man this is the reason I love your channel so much its the fact that you're so devoted to the truth. Thanks for highlighting so many important things we as a society need to change to make this a better place.

[@pamelars7497]

Here, about to turn 38 and following you for sometime now... thanks, I'm aware most of your audience is way younger, and hopefully having this kind of mental questioning, will help them to grow more aware than our generation. Keep up the good work! 🙌

[@mesa176750]

Man, I really loved this video. Great non-political way to approach a very real issue. I'll share this, and hope it helps someone.

[@MrGonzonator]

Watching the live coverage of the Dragon 2 demo mission to the ISS, the video was showing us the best humanity has to offer, and the text chat was showing us the worst. I mean the WORST. Hard to reconcile.

[@greezooo]

KZbin is a difficult platform to digest comments from. In addition to the underage airheads, there are a LOT of foreigners who've bypassed their own regional filters to get into the US servers. On top of that, the majority of US-based posters are fringe activists, SJWs, and SiJWs. It's a toxic atmosphere. When every post is anonymous that's where truth dies.

[@MrGonzonator]

@@greezooo I was hoping to share my wonder and excitement, maybe tap into some knowledge. Instead it was racist sexist conspiracist rude and ignorant trolling. I wept inside.

[@ahaveland]

@@greezooo "When every post is anonymous that's where truth dies.".... said by an anonymous bloke on the net... You understand how ironic this is? However, I'm not anonymous - I really am who I am. Truth and facts matter. If you make wild claims about "foreigners bypassing regional filters", then provide evidence. The Internet is free to almost everyone in the world to access US servers. Only very few countries have "regional filters" to "protect" their population.

[@Obscurai]

KZbin text chats really should be moderated. As they are now, text chat windows are effectively useless as a means of communication since the torrent of comments just scroll by without being read. The current text chat is like walking into a crowded room with everyone shouting to be heard. The cacophony of texts is useless. Whenever I watch a live event, I immediately close the chat window. KZbin should change the text window to require a moderator and moderation.

[@MrGonzonator]

@@Obscurai how about limiting the rate any one person can message at, eg. 1 per minute?

[@lucipo_]

How was Joe Scott 100% correct in every prediction and statement lmaoo with Don't Look Up and Ai misinformation, like wow!

[@MCart1215]

Ik I was shocked when I saw this was 4 years ago

[@good_mourning]

This has to be one of the most important videos that you've made thus far. Thank you for bringing this to light. I've known this to be a big problem years ago, which is why I deactivated my FB account about 5 years ago. Back then FB was leading me down the conspiratorial path until a friend brought me back to reality, and I never had been one foot conspiracy prior to FB, yet it got me. Here's a trip, if anyone post something that talks about "The Truth," it's a conspiracy.

[@mr.voidroy6869]

One way ive advoided this shit is to take some online philosophy course. It teaches you how to see sound arguments or not.

[@joeStockhus]

Thanks!

[@joeStockhus]

More important now than when created. Hopefully more great and honest content can follow your lead and become more relevant with time

[@itarry4]

"sometimes glass glitters more than Diamonds because it has more to prove" Sir Terry Pratchett.

[@bimblinghill]

There's always a Pratchett quote!

[@biggayal4149]

@@bimblinghill good quote! Can always deal with a good quote...

[@itarry4]

@Stephen Hurd it's that sort of saying except it means that sometimes it's the so called smaller, less important things and people who will give the most, try the hardest and surprise you because they have the most to prove. That just because something isn't expected to shine brightly doesn't mean it can't. Do you not read Sir Terry Pratchett? He was well known for being able to see to the heart of things and explain them in ways that resonate and stay with you. A truly great man and a genuine genius.

[@database263]

One of your best vids , man

[@kevinscales]

Now that everyone is a journalist and everyone is a scholar and everyone's 'truth' is backed up by someone more intelligent than themselves, we are all more certain than ever that we are right and more outraged than ever by anyone who contradicts us.

[@vanihanchennaian403]

Sad Truth !

[@somedudeok1451]

Solution: Create a bunch of AIs solely dedicated to filtering out facts from lies and debunking fake news wherever they pop up. Make hundreds or thousands of them, all fact checking each other too. Then below the headline of each news media, display a percentage of the amount of truth-bots that deem it factual.

[@mathijsfrank9268]

The gpt-2 comment sounds like foreshadowing in a sci-fi, ai taking over the world, movie that's about to hit the climax...

[@MikolajMNK19]

A few years from now we will be looking at these comments as foreshadowing

[@xyzabc4574]

@14:09, Joe casually lays out the entire plot of "Don't Look Up" a full year before the movie is released.

[@timlizaverbunt-littlefield1134]

Best video I’ve seen so far. Showed my wife too. You’re brilliant!

[@TheMikefarny]

Joe in 2019: Imagine a deadly asteroid is hurtling towards earth but half the population doesnt believe its real because of misinformation shared online. (Yes that's paraphrased). Joe, did you inspire the writers of Don't Look Up?

[@TucoBenedicto]

What's scary to me is that the issue goes way beyond people not wanting to invest their time in fact checking. Did you ever make the mistake to point to someone on social media that he/she was posting a certified fake? If you'll ever do prepare yourselves to face an irrationally angry reaction, no matter how tactful you tried to be.

[@jacek5809]

I do, on a regular matter. Some people react with anger, and some not. When it comes to that second group, I noticed that if my "fact-checking comment" is good enough and sounds trustworthy, I could take down basically any post, whether it was actually fake or not. Dang.

[@chriswood232]

I can relate. I've received firestorms of reactions from pointing out the glaring inaccuracies of some social media posts. It seems the general attitude is "I'd rather embrace lies that confirm my beliefs than to confront a reality that differs from my viewpoint and how dare you embarrass me with my mistakes."

[@somedudeok1451]

Solution: Create a bunch of AIs solely dedicated to filtering out facts from lies and debunking fake news wherever they pop up. Make hundreds or thousands of them, all fact checking each other too. Then below the headline of each news media, display a percentage of the amount of truth-bots that deem it factual.

[@neelsg]

As far as I'm aware, we don't yet know how to teach AI which stories are true and which are false. If we can do that, I'd be quite interested in the methodology used

[@amazingsupergirl7125]

Yep. I just tell my mom to delete it. I don’t explain to avoid her reaction.

[@donnalowe292]

Chat gpt now open to the public is insane, I want to see him talk about it

[@TheoBJr]

Hey man, I have been digging this channel and the dry humor for the last year and it's fun that you can bring a lightened but down to earth tone to this scientifically stringent set of topics you post about, to help aid learning and awareness as a content creator online. Not enough people seem to be driving a greater good kind of push for everyone yet, so it's always fun to watch people who care- actually trying to make a difference! Thank you for being real with yourself and for us. It matters, bro. Good looks- just wanted to say that and acknowledge you for you. Right on man and Godspeed to ya brotha!

[@davegeorge7094]

CIA "Project Mockingbird" ...."when everything publicly known is false, we have succeeded" I simplified bottom line quote.

[@aesir0784]

"I would have chosen Let the bodies hit the floor" - " but that's just me" - Joe Scott - March 4th, 2019. Lmao

[@JethroTClampet]

Twitter has essentially become a $hit talking engine.

[@gdubb6905]

Was built exactly for that

[@gdubb6905]

Was built exactly for that

[@OpusBuddly]

Never tweeted never will. Twitter is for twits.

[@blancaroca8786]

Should have been called Twatter.

[@Cman04092]

Kuddos on handeling such divisive topics like this and others in such a unbiased and straightforward way. It's almost impossible to be unbiased, but you do a great job at it.

[@bradmaddox2395]

The fact that you work so hard to deliver truth, is why you deserve to have a voice.

[@laurajarvis3156]

Oh look it's all my anxiety in video format! Lol.

[@gspaulsson]

I got hit by a nasty, malicious piece of disinformation in 2004, way before fake news became a thing. Not on the internet, but in a peer-reviewed academic journal - supposedly the most credible medium. and therefore the most damaging place to plant the story. Despite complaints from six people besides me, including two eminent guys in my field, the journal refused to retract the story; 15 years later, it is still going around. Very hard to fight this stuff.

[@lorriewatson7423]

I wonder if the creators of "Don't Look Up" saw this and ran with it.

[@chriswood232]

Perhaps another contributing factor to the degradation of truth is the notion that some segments of our population regard truth as having far less value than others. In my personal observations I've noticed that some, when confronted with truth, would prefer to embrace the more comfortable lie. When truth becomes irrelevant no gatekeepers or fact-checking will help.

[@robertadouglas454]

Your coverage of this topic is spot on. I check almost all of my comments for truth. I have been known to repost a blurb without checking.

[@DroningaboutNW]

Haha Joe, the classmates part had me laughing

[@JohnSmith-mc5qj]

Its funny, but years ago my wife talked me into trying Facebook. I made an account and the next day had three classmates contact me that I really, really had no interest in reconnecting with. Suffice to day I shut down my account and never went back.

[@lucywucyyy]

its almost like private companies cant be trusted to do things unregulated

[@lucywucyyy]

@The Truth of the Matter i guess we gotta decide who is the lesser evil, personally i think the governments are more trustworthy than companies, but you are right they are both p untrustworthy

[@santiago6160]

Just saw this again after some time, did Joe predicted the movie Don’t look up??

[@TheFLOMAN76]

This... Is good stuff. Honest and to The point. Every word you speak makes damn good sense! EVERYONE KNOWS IT!

[@billyalarie929]

That end of the world video is by far, not even close, THE CREEPIEST thing I’ve ever seen

[@adam79689]

Invite Scott Manly to the 'Our Ludicrous future' Podcast please

[@joey_after_midnight]

Its the story.. of a family called Brady

[@mikaxms]

*Scott Manley

[@adam79689]

Mika de Grote your right thanks for the reminder

[@whyyouasking9744]

You're

[@mikaxms]

@@whyyouasking9744 ;-)

[@lucywucyyy]

it sounds like the fairness doctrine should be brought back for all news

[@danielpelc3779]

Thing is that would mean every time a nasa scientist on TV they would have to bring a flat earthier on as well....

[@lelandunruh7896]

That is likely the worst idea I will hear today.

[@Fika_Break]

The creators of Don’t Look Up must’ve been Joe Scott fans.

[@infiniteandroid]

Thank you for all the work you do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jimspy1001]

I have one question: Is there an Oscars-like award for vlogs? Perhaps even a Peabody? This is one video I am saving for my children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. My children so they can see where we are going wrong and try to right it; my grandchildren, so they can see why we failed; and my great-grandchildren, for the Turner Doomsday Video.

[@sagestubbs3433]

Joe: "should everyone have a voice?" Also Joe: "learn how to spread your voice with this Skillshare course!"

[@arboris]

What, no Ron Perlman going "War. War never changes.."

[@brianlav1]

Another fallout fan.

[@robinhodgkinson]

Yeah, welcome to the brave new world. I’m 60 and the changes I’ve seen happening in the rise of social media scares the crap out of me! It has promoted tribalism and division and nowhere is this more evident than the US. And the state of politics in the US is a classic example. I hope the people who have the power to change things see this and do something about it. Because I doubt society as a whole can. You looked kinda sad too Joe.

[@changethementality]

Joe, so much respect for you man. Keep up the awesome work.

[@arpoky]

We also need to kill this notion that everyone has a personal truth. There's only THE truth. You don't get to have your own.

[@DemigodoftheSea]

The primary issue with all of this isn't the technology, it's the people... because it doesn't matter what we do if there are going to be groups of people who don't want to hear the opposing viewpoint and simply want to sit in their bubble of ignorance. That's the first step we need to take, we need to start reinforcing the concept of being informed as a society, we need to deal with outrage politics, and as Facebook comments prove, arguing with people isn't going to change their minds.... From my experience, the only thing that changes people's minds once they've set in their ways is extreme circumstances and even that doesn't change everybody, some people are so prideful about their opinion that homeless people mooch off the government that they refuse to use homeless shelters or food stamps and that's unfortunately something I don't think we can ever fix. Technology has just exacerbated the problem of divisiveness in the world, and that's a problem we've been struggling with for a long time. I think the only real solution would be to find a way to actively force people to tell the truth as much as possible, sure there's going to be dark websites who spread their bullshit, but... is there a better idea?

[@DemigodoftheSea]

@4one14 I think a lot of that starts in the education system, it needs a serioys reform and debate like that needs to make up core curriculum because it can seriously boost a society's ability to reason, especially if you live in a democracy

[@Blakearmin]

Firsties! I love when my work schedule lets me be home for your new videos.

[@Annie1962]

thirdies

[@Blakearmin]

@@Annie1962 Don't harsh my buzz, Annie. Let me have this one.

[@mikemurphy5898]

@@Blakearmin lol

[@RonHarrisMe]

Did Joe just plant the idea for "Don't Look Up" in this video? I am pretty sure he did.

[@jamesmurphy1026]

I had to check the date of the video. Like he nailed it.

[@juliecarlton6910]

I would love a follow up to this video. Maybe a video elling us "i told you so!" Times are beyond crazy now and mainstream media and social media are so guilty. Maybe a video on how to get back to truth? Love ur channel!

[@Stormy_Fairweather]

Authority is the Great Filter. Reason cannot exist where authority rules, and reason is our only survival tool.

[@antplace]

It is pretty simple for me. Same as buying vegetables. I trust no one, until they have proven to be trustworthy by their past actions. You check some of their content, maybe on topics you are pretty well informed on. And then you know.

[@Panj0]

Wait... what.. why don't you trust vegetables? How do they prove themselves to be trustworthy by their past actions? lol

[@Serastrasz]

Social media showed us that emotions drastically undermine intelligence. Anyone can be smart if they put in the effort. As usual, education is the best solution. Teach people to control their emotions. Also, make dopamine addiction algorithms illegal. Ironically, our current AI is more dangerous then real sentient AI, because now it can't revolt against the evil goals that it's set to achieve.

[@SykeMed]

Teach people how to think rationally/critically. Most people will believe anything they are told as long as it sounds professional, particularly when it's a new topic they've never come across. Now that any loudmouth idiot with a smart phone and a social media account is essentially a "reporter" you need to develop a personal bullshit filter and learn to research more before forming or voicing an opinion but that's harder than just regurgitating what you've already been lead to believe and requires some level of general knowledge to be able to distinguish more plausible truth from fiction so majority of the people are unwilling or simply are unable to do that.

[@MRKetter81]

Educated by whom? I'm sure there are countries with schools that have curriculum you wouldn't approve. Peer review can be just as much of an echo chamber as any internet forum. The problem is a lot more philosophically technical than "think logically".

[@TheRedcardinal]

This had got to be my favorite video from you good show Joe That legit sounds like a fun name for a show "Good Show Joe"

[@katsukamijo3943]

14:08 Joe just predicted the film "Don't Look Up". Or did the writers see this vid and thought of that script?

[@spectrumelectrum1008]

Love you joe, have watched like half your videos witch is alot of time.

[@matlman1]

Metal Gear Solid 2 had it right almost 2 decades ago...

[@NonDripHelmet]

Gatekeepers and moderators are the worst kind of people. Free speech is important.

[@denniss3980]

I did not see any of those Gatekeepers or moderators step forward when we were being fed a fake hate crime in Chicago

[@MrGeocidal]

We cannot guarantee that the gatekeepers won't be a wrong.

[@Three_Random_Words]

@@denniss3980 The Covington school travesty also.

[@stenkarasin2091]

Among other things social media has certainly revealed the deficiency of our education systems.

[@RJ...........]

Man did this age well. Great video as always good job

[@SilverionX]

Netflix has a documentary called The Social Dilemma that goes into this topic. Their solution is to have the people who made the algorithms (for youtube etc) make alterations to your search and recommended results so you get a more varied result and to weed out or mark things that contain untruth. I think this is the way to go. I also think they should teach critical thinking and social media safety/awareness in schools from an early age, but that's more of a pipe dream. Optimally we should do this before world war 3 breaks out.

[@JimGiant]

The fairness doctrine made sense when it was a handful of companies controlling the media. Now anyone can share their views something like that would do more harm than good because inevitably whoever gets to control it would inevitably inject their own bias. I am firmly in the camp of people should think critically for themselves. Censorship gets people angry, it creates martyrs and shielding people from challenging viewpoints dulls their critical thinking. Maybe we can improve things by having schools teach critical thinking and have classes in identifying bias. The only thing I can think of social media wise is removing personalisation algorithms to help get people out of their echo chambers. Things are getting really weird, it's not just that the left and the right have different opinions, we're getting so segregated that it's almost like we're speaking different languages sometimes.

[@JohnSmith-mc5qj]

I generally agree, but let me give you an example of personalization algorithms right here on KZbin. I find it annoying as heck that KZbin keeps dropping CNN videos into my KZbin feed when I've repeatedly stated that I don't want to see them. To me CNN (like virtually all other mainstream media, which I also wish to block) do not produce real news. I'm fine with KZbin suggesting KZbinrs with a variety of opinions, but I watch KZbin BECAUSE I'm sick of the mainstream media bias, and its annoying that they seem to be able to pay KZbin to fill my feed with their garbage, thus taking space from independent creators.

[@JimGiant]

Yeah if someone has explicitely said they don't want to see a certain channel KZbin should respect that.

[@sweetkwaku123]

Remember when people said “don’t trust what you see on the internet”?

[@Fanrose2475]

I haven't watched your videos in so long

[@anthonymicale5696]

One of the best videos you have done. And I watch all of them.

[@jelliott8424]

This is becoming more and more relevant, perhaps a modern remake is due

[@danieweir9588]

Editors with strict journalistic ethics .... Geez Joe you almost had me there 🤣

[@alpheusmadsen8485]

That reminds me of the observation "You can never bribe the British Journalist, but considering what he'll do unbribed, there's no occasion to." I'm not sure when that observation was made, but it was made well before social media -- possibly even before radio and television.

[@pixymisa8087]

@@alpheusmadsen8485 It was in a collection of poetry called The Uncelestial City by Humbert Wolfe, published in 1930.

[@lesainte2101]

"Google thinks you'll like this video" Recommends the one I just watched before this one.

[@AdamMansbridge]

It's always cornflakes. Always. Except when he uploads a new video, then it's the new video for a day, then back to cornflakes

[@augustwest5356]

Googles drunk again...

[@Matt02341]

Ah Algorithms

[@chrrmin1979]

Yes everyone should have a voice, when you take people's voice away, you force them underground where the only voices other than their own they can hear, are voices of people they agree with. If no one else let's them speak, they won't to lost people, and the wound that is their dangerous ideas fester and get worse. I understand the question, and why you asked it, but I believe we need to be EXTREMELY careful with anti free speech legislation. I think trying to enforce anti trust laws on the monopolies that are social media would be a big help. Great video Joe, cant wait for the next!

[@mikemurphy5898]

I used to agree w you but then I heard someone with a different opinion talk and now I dont think they should be allowed to speak at all.

[@chrrmin1979]

@@mikemurphy5898 ... that confuses me so much? Two questions, is this a troll comment to confuse me? And if not, what did they say that made you change your mind on this?

[@mikemurphy5898]

@@chrrmin1979 yea it was meant to be a joke...sorry if that wasn't clear

[@chrrmin1979]

@@mikemurphy5898 it was I just didn't wanna trust it hahaha

[@snakey973]

This is the best summary and explaination of this issue I've seen anywhere

[@CooperCarr]

That's actually a real classy way to go out. And really great that he wanted to give people a sense of calm facing their death, good on Ted.

[@purpleboye_]

"Pics or it didn't happen" With photoshop I can make anything happen!

[@awesomeblossomknits3751]

"Let the bodies hit the floor" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@idahoplantguy9027]

I finally figured out why you are so familiar! Charlie Kelly from Its Always Sunny. I cannot unsee you as him now! Anyone else?!

[@NefariousKoel]

Wild card, baby!!!

[@richardwalker6004]

lmao

[@Mander666ify]

Same. It really stands out in his vocal inflection haha

[@trivialtrav]

Telling people to use critical thinking is completely useless because if they were capable of that they wouldn't believe the conspiracy theory nonsense in the first place.

[@sweety6714]

Thank you for great videos! Can't stop watching them! Greetings from Ukraine 💛💙

[@Hartigan9891]

Why not discuss the media's role in fueling WWI and WWII?

[@inkoalawetrust]

Because both world wars would've happened anyways even if the media didn't cover them.

[@kingsosa6493]

@911zhenxiang you're missing the entire point

[@stevepirie8130]

The media in both world wars were heavily censored unlike modern times.

[@michaellesak6912]

@@stevepirie8130 lol, heavily propagandized just like modern times. not much has changed except the pace

[@phamnuwen9442]

Both world wars were enabled by taxation (and fiat currency which is also taxation). You cannot fund immoral wars through voluntary means.

[@seanreynoldscs]

KZbin videos do more fact checking these days than CNN and Fox News.

[@somedudeok1451]

@@cyberhawk80 Instead of Hillary, Trump won. And no less so for the same kind of propaganda that the Hillary campaign engaged in. I also have to disagree with you on our youth being free thinkers. Young muslims often have worse views than their parents; Young whites turn to white nationalism and Nazi conspiracy theories; Young women often subscribe to solely the corporate sjw version of feminism; Young men subscribe to inceldom and pickup-artistry. No, the youth is fucked.

[@notkevinkubusheskie3570]

Tell that to KZbin. Their "trusted sources" search algorithm prioritises those very cable networks over independent creators.

[@keithsmith9833]

Out of all of the videos of “Answers With Joe” I have watched, this was the most poignant and thought provoking. Very good work Joe.

[@davidgolden6068]

Who else knew that was "Nearer, My God, To Thee" before he said it? Love that hymn. Flippin beautiful.

[@ianmorgan889]

If you want to hear beautiful Hymns, beautifully sung listen to a Welsh Male Voice Choir-AMAZING!!!

[@edgregory1]

"Jerusalem"

[@nathanokun8801]

You are a very interesting and amazingly smart individual. Keep it up, PLEASE!

[@Delta547]

At the moment about doomsday-scenario video I've got an KZbin AD - EXACTLY after the phrase "ladies and gentlemen: end of the world..." Priceless.