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Comment by LewisVerstappen | Hacker News Reader

Confidence in everything is down. Is there anything (institution/product/whatever) where confidence has increased?

Confidence that climate change will destroy the world has increased.

Downvote this if you will, but I feel that confidence in independent content creators has increased.

The likes of Joe Rogan, Tim Dillon, Lex Friedman, Charlemagne and Schulz and other content creators are gaining massive audiences that are both trusting and interested in what they have to say. Viewership for these channels (especially among younger audiences) absolutely demolishes most institutions

Fantastic point. Confidence in independent creators has definitely skyrocketed.

Haha why do you think I’d downvote that?

I was speaking to the HN hivemind

Weird that you would preface a reasonable perspective with “downvote if you will” then it appears you did get downvoted.

Baitposting is discouraged by the HN guidelines. Faking controversy is one way to get attention.

Should the healthcare system have a podcast where they don't take responsibility for the content, because they are just having a conversation?

I mean, if it doesn't want to get demolished.

They already have that — see their whole COVID effort.

They should try having a podcast with several hour interviews discussing actual information with experts — rather than telling us official lies, in sound bytes. Like John Campbell, Vinay Prasad, Robert Malone, etc.

What about their covid effort? Can you elaborate?

Here is a bit about Prasad, but it's a complicated subject so this doesn't present the entire picture. https://cancerletter.com/the-cancer-letter/20211008_4/

Oh I have mistakenly stepped into this mess? I will step out and wash my shoes :)

My confidence in crypto has increased. It survived another cycle. Lindy effect stronger each time.

hard to think of anyone. biden and trump have the lowest approval ratings of recent presidents. no one has any confidence in anyone or anything.

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