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The need for accurate information
Napoleon Hill spoke of the need for Accurate Information.
When my parents were alive they received relatively small parcels of news, theories, cures, money making ideas and celebrity stories from the newspaper, books, radio, work colleagues, friends and family.
Today we are literally bombarded with “so called” facts from the internet, radio, television, cell phones, newspaper, magazines, books, CD recordings, MP3 players, work colleagues, friends and family.
The list of information sources does not seem vastly different, but it is worth noting that each of our physical contacts now has access to huge pockets of data scattered across the various media platforms, most of which are completely non verified, often have a marketing or political agenda and are accessible twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.
All of us carry inaccurate data in our head from time to time; we spread the stories and the urban legends like wildfire via emails, blogs, text messages and word of mouth. We forward emotionally charged, loaded-gun messages to our friends, (“send this message to seven other people and become wealthy” etc) without first checking the accuracy of the story or the opportunity.
We react to “so called” virus threats by creating a hailstorm of emails to everyone on our list, whereas in fact, most of the threats are completely false, and it is our emailing contribution that becomes another part of success in the perpetrators desired chain of events.
The internet is a wonderful medium to communicate, carry information, conduct online business and provide user selected entertainment.
Finding the “accurate information” inside the millions of pages is the challenge.
I believe it is my responsibility to at least attempt to verify a piece of data, before passing it on to others who may not be as wary. The key is to know where to look for that verification.
My personal choices are:
- www.truthorfiction.com for hoaxes, world catastrophes, pleas for help, scams, emotional stories, virus warnings, special offers, rumours, inspirational tales, forwarded emails
- www.wikipedia.com for celebrity status, historical events, corporate data, scientific facts and general knowledge
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/threatexplorer/azlisting.jsp?azid=F for verification of any new virus threats, emails, warning
Let’s “look before we leap” and start to filter out the truth from the fiction.
