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The future of truth

2025/6/21
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Charlie Beckett
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Hardeep Matharu
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Jason McKenzie Alexander
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Charlie Beckett: 我过去认为媒体应该追求客观和平衡,但现在我认为“错误信息”的概念存在问题,因为人们常常用它来否定与自己意见相左的观点。我认为理性的政治是不可取的,情感、理想、幻想和想象力对于进步至关重要。 Jason McKenzie Alexander: 我对密尔关于人们有权犯错的观点持保留态度,因为错误的信念会导致行动,进而对他人产生负面的社会后果。虽然情感在政治中扮演重要角色,但完全去除理性和理性思考是危险的。人们持有某些信念是因为这些信念有助于他们理解自己在世界中的位置,即使这些信念并非基于事实。我对真相的未来感到悲观,因为人们可以相信虚假信息,而这些信念对他们的日常生活影响很小,而且我们生活在一个注意力经济中,虚假信息更容易传播。 Hardeep Matharu: 真相、事实、现实和真理是不同的,我们身处的时代缩小了复杂性和细微差别的空间,这带来了负面影响。人们感到没有其他渠道来表达他们对生活的不满或周围的错误时,他们会以更具毒性的方式表达出来。社会在过去30到40年里发生了迅速变化,包括工作方式、地点、住房保障、社区关系等,但政治和新闻业很少关注这些变化。我批判我所处的行业,媒体界存在一些结构性问题,但没有人愿意谈论。我对未来持怀疑态度,但并不愤世嫉俗。

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The panel discusses John Stuart Mill's view that we should be free to believe the wrong thing, as we learn by confronting errors. They debate whether this is still a good way of thinking about our age, considering the overwhelming amount of information and misinformation available.
  • John Stuart Mill believed we learn by confronting errors and should be free to "shop around" in the market of ideas.
  • The panel questions whether Mill's view is applicable in the current age of mass information and misinformation.
  • Concerns are raised about the potential for negative consequences when people act on misinformed beliefs.

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Contributor(s): Professor Jason McKenzie Alexander, Professor Charlie Beckett, Hardeep Matharu | In a world of mass information, and misinformation, truth seems both easier and harder to find than ever before. As trust in traditional media erodes and social media blurs the line between fact and fiction, with authoritarian regimes weaponising disinformation and post-truth world leaders taking centre stage, how do we defend and promote knowledge, evidence and informed debate?