The Post-truth Era
Many people questioned me why I kept the name, the post-truth era blog? Is it a political blog? Are you affiliated with any party or person? Are you against Brexit or a fan of Narendra Modi or Donald Trump?
My answer is simple, 'NO'. It's not a political blog, it's more about
expressing our opinion to everyone, discuss things you always felt
passionate about but never felt comfortable sharing as you don't want to
get trolled by 'the guardian of the post truth era'.
Most blogs have discussed this terminology in the reference of
politics, but I want to focus more on What does Post-truth mean for us?
Is this term has relevance in our life? Do we even need to know what is
post-truth era? Is it important? Then, My answer is YES. It's important
to know and understand about it.
OK,
So without getting philosophical, I confess, I have never heard this
word Post-truth even as far as a year back, but I read a news where
after much debate and research, Post-truth was declared the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2016.
An adjective defined as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.’
I wondered, maybe there is something to this adjective than a simple word, it kind of defined the era, like AD, BC, Post
9/11 or Post Millennium or Post Brexit. So It got my interest and I
tried to dig a little deeper and tried to understand what it really
means?
Why was this word chosen?
