Thank you so much for this. Cant tell you how much I loathe debunkers and professional skeptics. They never hold themselves to the same standards by which they critique and ridicule others.
Great essay. You're right that both sides are policing trust, not investigating why trust collapsed. But here's what gets skipped: institutions didn't get corrupted. They optimized past their own error-tolerance. That's not a conspiracy. That's just what systems do before they break.
Thank you so much for this. Cant tell you how much I loathe debunkers and professional skeptics. They never hold themselves to the same standards by which they critique and ridicule others.
Great essay. You're right that both sides are policing trust, not investigating why trust collapsed. But here's what gets skipped: institutions didn't get corrupted. They optimized past their own error-tolerance. That's not a conspiracy. That's just what systems do before they break.