“A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on.” Attributed to Mark Twain, among others. It’s as old as recorded history and the solution is as simple as it is difficult: Learn to think critically. This requires circumspection, rational objectivism, investigation of motivation, pro and con analysis, and heaven forfend…logic!

So, yeah. You see or read something on Facebook, Tik Tok, Twitter, and you stumble out into the cold, barefoot, only to be later embarrassed and with a thorn in your toe. Such is our Instagram world.