A POSZTIGAZSÁG KORA ÉS A GYORSULÓ-LASSULÓ IDŐ
The Post-Truth Era and the Quickening and Slowing Time

Summary/Abstract: Nowadays, we can easily find writings about fake news, misinformation, disinformation, or about the age of post-truth. These terms do not cover exactly the same concepts, but many people in our age believe that we see the symptoms of a decline in truth. There is no doubt that a multifaceted study of these phenomena can provide generalizable lessons. This paper presents, without aiming exhaustive coverage, some features of this group of phenomena, including the effects of epistemic bubbles, echo chambers, filter bubbles, and information overload. We pay close attention to the role of social media as it begins to take over from our well-proven tools the task of establishing objectivity and factuality. With this, it seems as if we are turning the wheel of time back to the pre-19th century state when personal authenticity dominated. In this context, the lack of critical thinking and reflection is also a problem, although we cannot be optimistic, we can only use them to filter out misleading information. We would need (among other things) enough time to do this, while our consumption of information has accelerated, the effects of which are meant to be offset by slow movements, so time is really accelerating and slowing down, or so we see it.

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