Another troubling condition afflicting our seniors is discernemia, which manifests as an inability to discern and verify information online. Older users, unfamiliar with the mechanics of algorithmic filtering and the profit motives behind social media models, often take the frequency of posts as validation of their truth.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/24/banning-kids-from-social-media-isnt-the-way-its-the-over-60s-who-need-to-get-off-the-internet
This is part of the “What are words for?” project.
This word scored a six on a three part scale of allusiveness, political oomph and cultural capital (min score 1, max score 3 for each part of the scale). Lots of words did. This is one I clawed from the slushpile on a whim.
marchudson.net 