GULLIBILITY: DID  MEDIA CAUSE HUMAN GULLIBILITY OR WAS THERE HUMAN GULLIBILITY BEFORE SOCIAL MEDIA?

No, human gullibility
predates social media.

Ponzi schemes
predicated on gullibility
predate social media.

Confidence schemes
predicated on gullibility
predate social media.

Conspiracy theories
predicated on gullibility
predate social media.

New religious beliefs
predicated on gullibility
predate social media.

Therefore, human gullibility
predates social media

Social media magnifies
preexisting human gullibility.

Social media is a vehicle
for conveying gullibility.

Social media connects
gullible individuals with gullible individuals.

Social media exposes millions
to “fiction” at the speed of light

Before social media hundreds were
exposed to “fiction” at the speed of speech.

SOCIAL MEDIA IS TURNING INTO SOCIAL NUISANCE