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>Instead people will turn to authorities they trust for the truth the same way they did with encyclopedias and local papers

I think a large portion of the population actively distrust experts.

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Which is why I said "authorities they trust."

I think this is happening already, no? People seem to have found their enclaves, each with its distinct thought leaders, and now follow that enclave and believe all others to be full of lies and deceipt. The return to a central truth seems liek a pipe dream. The concept of truth and fact has been fractured seemingly beyond repair. If it is repaired, I don't think it will happen over any medium controlled by profiteering corporations: they have a vested interest in the fracture. And yet, all forms of modern communication fall under this umbrella. So, I believe we are at an impasse.

Yes - but the authority most people have decided to trust is the Algorithm or their favorite LLM.

> The concept of truth and fact has been fractured seemingly beyond repair.

It’s always been this way. That the you thought otherwise is just evidence of how good a central power was at controlling “the truth”.

Trust doesn’t scale. There are methods that work better than others, but it’s a very hard problem.

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