Michael Crichton Discusses the Impact of Bad Information
Michael Crichton has an article article posted, titled “Fear, Complexity, & Environmental Management in the 21st Century.” The article has several interesting points. I’ll try to highlight a few, but I urge you to locate the article and read it in its entirety.
Chernobyl was a massive disaster, right? Well, not as much as the main-stream media would have us believe. And, maybe not as much as the MSM caused through it’s hysterical reporting:
But most troubling of all, according to the UN report in 2005, is that “the largest public health problem created by the accident” is the “damaging psychological impact [due] to a lack of accurate information…[manifesting] as negative self-assessments of health, belief in a shortened life expectancy, lack of initiative, and dependency on assistance from the state.”
Later, the author lists several dire predictions for disaster during the 60s and 70s. He notes the similarity of language and expression used in each:
“…notice the urgent language. The situation is desperate, unprecedented action is necessary, ordinary values must be pushed aside, anyone who disagrees is dangerous and reactionary. Terror, fear, and the end of civilization.”
Mr. Crichton has this to say about advocates and advocacy:
“To encourage what is happening anyway is a common procedure in many areas of advocacy.”
His article should cause us all to pause and consider what the latest ‘crisis’ in the Legacy Media (aka MSM) is about, and what the proponents advocate. It may just be that they want to see if they can still spook people. It may just be that they want to start the herd moving so they can steer it in the direction they want - it’s hard to steer a parked car.
