Saturday, February 3, 2018

When falsehood can look so like the truth

From Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
When falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness? I feel as if I were walking on the edge of a precipice, towards which thousands are crowding and endeavouring to plunge me into the abyss.
Words by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley in her January, 1818 publication of her classic. Two centuries ago.

Yes, yes, the words are in the context of a human created monster. But they sure feel pertinent to the condition of our modern news media.

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