- “Pakistani media says X,” on its own, right now, is about as solid a source as “My cat says.” And we need a 150% tariff on all random “OSINT” accounts.
- 100%, there's fog of war but the sheer volume of information flooding in from IN and PK troll accounts is astounding. Welcome to the post-truth age. If it's not positively ID'd or reported by neutral sources, treat it as fake news.
- Imagine if in the middle of October 1962, everyone had a little screen in their hand—designed to be as addictive as heroin, actively making them dumber and more anxious—that could then open a fire hose of WWII Pacific battle footage labeled as if it had happened that day, 90 miles from Florida.
