It's also inescapable that people have no idea what they even form their criticisms on. There are no real standards at play. They're not reading. They have no moral education. They have no particular domain knowledge or practice of ethics. People just make sh** up and run with it in their minds as if it's God's own truth. You cannot imprison yourself in their weird projections and delusions. This is more important than ever as we see illiteracy on the rise again and a general laziness due to people outsourcing their thinking to AI.

more than ever, you should be careful who you listen to, and you should factcheck what you hear. grifters are on the rise in a way we haven't seen in decades.