Information, bias, and the pursuit of making a better world.

The vast amount of information we can access via the Internet, and other media, has made education ever more important to be able to accurately judge the value of the information we consume.

The sheer amount of the information out there, means that there is a lot of misinformation out there. This means that education has become ever more important to be able to judge the quality of the information we are presented with, and also the content we consume, and not becoming overwhelmed on the process of doing so.

With the wealth of sources out there, relying on a single one is a luxury we can no longer afford. There is a real need to have several, and that have different points of view, to have a better view of what's going on around us. All media has a degree of bias, which dictates how they relate the stories they share and the stories they choose to share.

There is no such things as a completely unbiased and objective media outlet, at the end of the day they are made up by people who have biases that make their way to how they look the world around them. And if we aren't careful about it, we'll leave important things out if we aren't willing to challenge our own biases in order to understand others.

One of the biggest, and negative parts, of having the easy access to information that we have, is that it means that people knows how to find relevant and correct information. More often than not, that is false and people tend to believe incorrect or false information. Just because someone on TV, radio, or because its on the Internet, doesn't make it correct or even true.

That's why educating people that can use critical thinking is crucial to move forward. Critical thinking has become the most valuable tool we can give people in order to make them less susceptible to believe all what they hear. All modern democratic societies need that their members are able to think by themselves.