It’s not comprehensive, nor is it meant to be. That’s the goal of this list: to acknowledge the remarkable and joyful lives of some of those we have lost. Maybe we can be better at celebrating life even as we’re saddened by its loss. But we all, at one time or another, have reason to mourn.
We have no roadmap for this new territory. It’s a book of large truths disguised as small ones: “I remember,” he writes, “those times of not knowing if you feel really happy or really sad. In his jubilant and revivifying memoir, I Remember, the artist and writer Joe Brainard tabulated all the little things that can come to shape how we think about life. There can always be at least a glimmer of joy in remembering things that people gave us while they were here. Read more opinions here, and see our submission guidelines here. WIRED Opinion publishes articles by outside contributors representing a wide range of viewpoints. It’s getting worse right now, and the real videos matter. Thank goodness, because of this video, more people know that this coup is happening in Myanmar. In this case, sadly, the exercise instructor was dancing to an anti-authoritarian anthem while the military took over in real time in the background. And one reason to hold onto that is because the reality of the rights violations that are now occurring in Myanmar need to be recognized and taken seriously.
While “seeing is believing” no longer holds the weight it once did, it shouldn’t be the default to assume “seeing is not believing.” Not everything is deepfaked. Deepfake fears will be used to justify authoritarian “fake news” laws globally or the co-opting of approaches like authenticity infrastructure to make them reinforce power and repress our voices, rather than challenge misinformation and disinformation. Political opportunism also thrives on panic. First we should apply simple frameworks like the SIFT methodology: Stop, Investigate the source, Find trusted coverage, and Trace the original context.
We don’t all need to be instant open source investigators. Media-literacy approaches and media forensic tools that send people down the rabbit hole rather than promoting common sense judgement can be part of the problem. Any approach to providing better skills and infrastructure must recognize that conspiratorial reasoning is a short step from constructive doubt. We must also candidly acknowledge that promoting tools and verification skills can in fact perpetuate a conspiratorial “disbelief by default” approach to media that in fact is at the heart of the problem with so many videos that in fact show reality.
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