Many of us have been awake to corruption, lies and deception in high places for a long time. Conditions for spreading truth have changed and we need to adapt.
I never thought of the work you do as a movement. This is intriguing. Is there a mission statement? Also, how is a truth defined? Majority consensus?
I believe that dealing with the issue of elevating truth and scrubbing out false narratives is the most difficult challenge our society faces. I admit I have no solutions.
Finally, to me, the idea of religion seems the antithesis of truth.
I think majority consensus being wrong is what gave rise to this "truth movement". Thus the definition needs to be centered on an epistemological process that includes the best of all disciplines' efforts at revealing truth-- the scientific method, statistical analysis, journalistic ethics, crime detectives and forensics, judicial proceedings, peer-review processes, method acting analysis, intelligence agency best practices re: HUMINT, SIGINT, OSINT and even PSIINT (psychic intelligence) when supported by parallel construction or other independent info. You're right about this being the most difficult challenge our society faces. I think a community of practice that holds epistemological processes as the core value/belief with all specific truths subject to change when new info warrants is the way to go. It needs to be flexible enough to include people at various stages in the processes of "waking up" because everyone's journey is different, but maybe we can all agree that the process of waking up fully or at least being fully open to new and surprising information, the journey, is more important than the destination. Maybe we can all agree to respect each others' journeys as we'd like others to respect ours. Can any religion be that flexible? Historically, religions get stuck on scriptures and dogma. Maybe not Buddhism though. In my journey, I'm reading Thich Nhat Hanh now, so I'm still thinking about that. If the religion's "scripture" is nothing more than the natural world, the universe, reality itself, maybe. I want to explore that possibility with a community of people who are excited by the idea.
Wise and well-composed as always. The seed for many conversations going forward about the future of our movement and ways to reach those who find reality too disorienting to look her in the face.
I never thought of the work you do as a movement. This is intriguing. Is there a mission statement? Also, how is a truth defined? Majority consensus?
I believe that dealing with the issue of elevating truth and scrubbing out false narratives is the most difficult challenge our society faces. I admit I have no solutions.
Finally, to me, the idea of religion seems the antithesis of truth.
I think majority consensus being wrong is what gave rise to this "truth movement". Thus the definition needs to be centered on an epistemological process that includes the best of all disciplines' efforts at revealing truth-- the scientific method, statistical analysis, journalistic ethics, crime detectives and forensics, judicial proceedings, peer-review processes, method acting analysis, intelligence agency best practices re: HUMINT, SIGINT, OSINT and even PSIINT (psychic intelligence) when supported by parallel construction or other independent info. You're right about this being the most difficult challenge our society faces. I think a community of practice that holds epistemological processes as the core value/belief with all specific truths subject to change when new info warrants is the way to go. It needs to be flexible enough to include people at various stages in the processes of "waking up" because everyone's journey is different, but maybe we can all agree that the process of waking up fully or at least being fully open to new and surprising information, the journey, is more important than the destination. Maybe we can all agree to respect each others' journeys as we'd like others to respect ours. Can any religion be that flexible? Historically, religions get stuck on scriptures and dogma. Maybe not Buddhism though. In my journey, I'm reading Thich Nhat Hanh now, so I'm still thinking about that. If the religion's "scripture" is nothing more than the natural world, the universe, reality itself, maybe. I want to explore that possibility with a community of people who are excited by the idea.
Wise and well-composed as always. The seed for many conversations going forward about the future of our movement and ways to reach those who find reality too disorienting to look her in the face.