PROCESSING THE DATA
I decided this evening to do quick research on the Energy Charter Treaty and its negative impact on African country which led me down a rabbit hole. I found myself going through hundreds of comments on a YouTube video, The Big Lie About Renewable Energy. It was more than I expected.
The video captured how big oil companies are manipulating the media, discouraging the development of renewable energy. The narrative of the vloggers made a lot of sense, well, until I decided to check the comment section for other people's opinions on the matter.
I would sum the last 30 minutes (or more) of reading through threads of comments into one word: exhausting. The comment section was nothing short of an intellectual warfare. It left me feeling a lot dumber and more confused because I could not come to a logical conclusion after all I had read.
What I was able to deduce from the arguments and counterarguments was that fossil fuel is certainly not the energy for the future (because it is heating up our planet), and there are still questions about renewable energy as it is still very much in its infancy.
The other option, which many of the commenters suggested, was nuclear energy. However, there are contrary views on the use of nuclear energy to power the world, with sound arguments to back it up (based on understanding).
There was an argument about nuclear waste. Also, a few argued that uranium would not be able to power the planet for more than 300 years. While others talked about the limitations of fission reactors.
There are so many claims I cannot verify. I do not have a background in chemistry or physics, thus, I have to rely on the knowledge of perceived experts of which in this case varied.
The other option was to do deeper research myself. That would take a lot of time I don't have. Plus, I am not curious enough about the subject enough to pursue it. So I am left confused.
SO MUCH INFORMATION; SO MUCH CONFUSION.
It becomes increasingly difficult for the average person to make an informed decision about matters ranging from politics, economics and science because of the amount of data out there.
Even many critics are of the opinion that the government does not know how to aggregate this data for better use (well except for profit). There is so much to decipher and we can only bank on machines to do the work for us.
Artificial intelligence isn't without its own bias as they rely on human codes to function. I read a couple of weeks ago about how the TikTok algorithm would filter away content from people who were perceived to be poor based on certain metrics. This is a simple example of how AIs are further the human bias (much more accurately).
How does the 21-century man navigate a world of increasing information and data? In my opinion, curating data will have more value in the future than even creating it because many will need to make sense of it all.
What are your thoughts? Share with me in the comment section.
My name is Chinonso Ekpemandu. I am a digital nomad. I create opinion pieces and share my life's journey on a decentralized platform called hive, whilst exploring the digital landscape for opportunities.
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