“Okay, I'm not in the news business, and I'm not going to tell anyone how to do their job. However, it'd be good to have news reporting that I could trust again, and there's evidence that fact-checking is an idea whose time has come.” IdeasFactsJobsNewsEvidenceOkayBe GoodNews ReportingTrusting Again Author:Craig Newmark
“In such systems, there is unquestioning respect for authority. Faith trumps evidence. But if indeed this is broadly the explanation for how co-operative behaviour has evolved and been maintained in human societies, it could be very bad news. Because although such authoritarian systems seem to be good at preserving social coherence and an orderly society, they are, by the same token, not good at adapting to change.” IfsHumansSeemsSocialTrumpAuthorityNewsEvidenceBe GoodExplanationBehaviourBad NewsHuman SocietyOrderlyTokensAdaptingCoherenceAdapting To Change Author:Robert May, Baron May of Oxford
“What is God like? Because millions and millions of people were taught that the primary message - the center of the Gospel of Jesus - is that God is going to send you to hell, unless you believe in Jesus. And so, what gets, subtlely, sort of caught and taught is that Jesus rescues you from God. But what kind of God is that; that we would need to be rescued from this God? How could that God ever be good; how could that God ever be trusted? And how could that ever be good news.” PeopleNeedsBelieveKindJesusMillionsHellTaughtMessagesNewsCaughtBe GoodPrimariesTrustedRescueGood News Author:Rob Bell
“Jessamine recoiled from the paper as if it were a snake. "A lady does not read the newspaper. The society pages, perhaps, or the theater news. Not this filth." "But you are not a lady, Jessamine---," Charlotte began. "Dear me," said Will. "Such harsh truths so early in the morning cannot be good for the digestion.” IfsDoeSaidMorningPaperNewsPagesTheaterDearBe GoodNewspapersHarshSnakesWill HerondaleDigestionFilthCharlotteClockwork AngelHarsh TruthDear Me Book:Clockwork Angel Source: Clockwork Angel