First: i know someone of my age that never owned a computer and trust only official TV news...
He is so lost about anything that it is impossible to discuss with him about what occur in the world... He cannot BELIEVE anything because the reality is so much incredible, that the sanitized version of event and the superficial one ONLY appear rational and not too frigthening for him... I understand that myself because what i learned is so disturbing even for me...
I know couple of people like this too.
One of them seems to be stuck in the 1980s, albeit an informed 1980s, but in the face of all this bewildering change his main response has been a deep longing for nostalgia.
The problem is, and I guess it always has been, is that once you get left behind by change and technology, it can be difficult to catch up again.
The sheer speed of recent change has been disorientating for many, to say the least, and comfortable certainty (community, employment, and finances etc) seems to be thing of the past.
Perhaps we all got just a little too complacent somewhere down the line?
Thankfully, many, many people, thanks largely to the internet, have to take control over their own health, finances and employment choices.
Reliance and trust in government, MSM and big pharma does seem to be gradually eroding.
Amen to that.