From Ancient Athens to AI: The Evolving Anatomy of Misinformation

AGI and the End of Capitalism: Can Artificial Intelligence Liberate Humanity from a Post-Truth World? – Andrew Gibson Author Narrator Editor Curator

Welcome to the end of the world—at least, the one built on scarcity, manipulation, and the myth that billionaires are better than you because they said so on Twitter. This is a serious discussion, but let’s not pretend it isn’t also hilarious in its absurdity. We’re living in a post-truth society where the idea of objective reality is less stable than your uncle’s Facebook timeline. It’s a place where billionaires cosplay as messiahs, social med…

From ancient Athens to AI: The evolving anatomy of misinformation

We imagine misinformation as a uniquely modern disease – a digital hydra bred by algorithms and viral memes. But from poisoned wells in ancient Athens to today’s X (formerly Twitter) storms, societies have always weaponized distorted information.