1/ We know that it is difficult to prioritize information when we are bombarded with news, comments & images that follow one another at breakneck speed. This is the problem of "infobesity". This is nothing new, but the phenomenon has obviously accelerated in the postmodern era.
2/ The transformation of political life into a spectacle, that is to say into a contest of appearances, the flood of images, fraudulent commercial practices, false advertising, the advent of the blogosphere and social networks, the reign of reality TV and "infotainment" (mixing
3/ information & entertainment), the role played by "spindoctors" specializing in the art of telling stories ("storytelling"), the use of algorithms & "filter bubbles", even the rise of narcissism (any individual can become a source of information or disinformation), have greatly
4/ contributed to erasing the border between truth & non-truth, giving rise to what some have called the democracy of the gullible. The advent of digital technology alone discourages critical thinking & logical reasoning, at the same time as it causes a chronic attention deficit.
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