The truth is we're not all Thomas Paine...yet.
I suppose it should come as no surprise that with the advent of the Internet--the great facilitator of information sharing--a lot is being shared.
This seems to have directly contributed to the existence of virality. It's of course desirable to present your information to a large audience (even if only to sate the ego).
Companies and individuals strive to achieve larger and larger audiences. Anyone can have an opinion. Anyone can share said opinion on any number of platforms.
The opinions and arguments plugged into the network come from a very wide distribution of quality of course.
We're writing so much garbage, so many weak arguments, so much drivel. The good news is some of the garbage writing folks will improve their craft.
To them I say keep writing and improving. They give me hope. Those that recognize craft as a process that's never quite perfect (or even good) yet. In that way, this is the best time to write, since the printing press--for better or worse, we all have a shot. One day the fruits of practice and passion will flower and conceivably be called good, interesting, and worth reading.
Until then, continue eking verbal excrement. I know I do.
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