“A historian remained locked in this museum for decades, and dished out tales for the world to savour.”
“Is he alive?”
“Maybe, in a way …”, the guide stuttered.
“What does that mean?”
“The museum has been shifted to a smaller, lesser known place. This is now inhabited by a social media content producing company. They are one of the best.”
“I get it. The historian’s spirit lives on – to dish out twisted reality that suits political convenience. Did he die a natural death, or was he terminated after he outlived his utility?”
Those who know too much – die early.
(100 words)
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I had no idea being an historian could be so dangerous!
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Everything depends on interpretations and perspectives 😊
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Great piece on the downside of social media.
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Thanks, Lisa!
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“Those who know too much – die early.”
Is that perhaps inspired by the Ancient Greek proverb “Those whom the gods love, die young”?
The thought of a professional historian weaponizing truth on behalf of those in power is somehow even more depressing than the crass manipulation of social media.
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Those who know too much can become disillusioned faster, or be removed because they become inconvenient to certain people. Death here is a metaphor for end of careers, silence or going out of public life.
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You really grabbed the superficial and manipulating and layered aspects of social media
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Thanks!
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Topical story. Political wars are being fought and won with half-truths on social media these days. Everything else is fake news 😉
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I came across a line today – “Gossip is the only defence people have against paid history.”
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I can easily rant about social media, then I remember my late father blaming all the world’s ills on television. Moderation in all things is best, I suppose, but we humans aren’t always so good at that.
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Rightly said…
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Very timely. Social media is doing a very good job of writing their own news and history, and some readers don’t know any better. Well done.
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Thanks! The least we can do is not consume it so voraciously, and let it die a natural death.
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Use social media at your peril, but you can follow me on Twitter!!
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Using and misusing are two different things 😊
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Absolutely, there’s a fine line of separation
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Ha ha
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A sad commentary made all the worse by the reality of it all.
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People fuel it with blind circulation.
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Knowledge can be toxic, sometimes!
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In more ways than one 🙂 The challenge is to transition it into wisdom.
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I read very little on social media. Waste of time, for the most part. This describes very well the superficial aspect of social media.
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And the manipulative one… Thanks so much!
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Social media is filled with pseudo-experts who usually have an opinion about anything and everything. And social media has been a strong tool to form public opinion and trends. Most of which are biased and aligned with conventions. Perspectives that would please the mass and society at large.
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You are bang on! Thanks!
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Wow
– words kraft that was really interesting to read
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Glad you found it interesting.
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Social Media is not the place to go for accurate, unbiased history!
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They reconstruct history and present it as the sole truth.
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