In the last article, we discussed the confusion and misleading of data, and proposed that we should deeply understand the processing logic and real causality behind data. But before that, where did the data come from? Where does the information come from? These are all angles that need to be considered.

We often say that "listening is bright, favoritism is dark", which means encouraging us.

Diversified sources and multi-angle arguments will avoid the mistake of the blind touching the elephant and the narrowness of peeping at the leopard. Therefore, the diversity of sources is extremely important.

If possible, let's try to review what is the main source of our information.

Friends circle? Is it a subscription number? Is it Tik Tok? Or chat with relatives and friends?

If your answer is one of them, then you may need to re-examine the way you get information.

Taking social events as an example, we all know that it is very difficult to investigate the situation of journalists in the current public opinion environment. Most media only have the function of megaphone, for example, the incident of Dr. Li profoundly illustrates this point. After the incident, all the media have intentionally or unintentionally lost the motivation to investigate the truth, only reading the manuscript and broadcasting it.

If you can have multiple sources of information and listen to the voices of all parties, you may be able to see the whole picture as much as possible.

This information source not only refers to social events, but also includes economic market, interpersonal relationship, professional information and even art and culture.

In addition, in the case of information flooding, in addition to a variety of sources, the ability to dig deep and identify is equally important.

Before the popularity of the Internet, the main difficulty was the high cost of obtaining information. Now that the media is developed, the main contradiction is not the lack of information, but the ability to distinguish under the indiscriminate bombardment of information.

I often see some articles or videos in my circle of friends. They only talk about emotions, don't tell the truth, only pursue traffic to follow suit, and even fabricate facts. We should also be wary of not constantly pursuing fresh excitement, which leads to the catharsis of wandering emotions.

Similarly, even professional academic papers need peer review and repeatability of experimental results, which is also the judgment and screening of sources.

Herbert marcuse, an American philosopher, has a book called One-dimensional Man: A Study of Ideology in Developed Industrial Society.

Later, some people thought that to examine a person's judgment, we should mainly examine the diversity of his information sources. There are countless people living in a single information for a long time, and it is completely distorted and inverted information, which is the biggest reason for people's ignorance and self-confidence.

Finally, I hope everyone can break through their own limitations, optimize their information sources, see a wider world, and still love life after recognizing it.