In this article, An Xiao Mina, the COO of Meedan, talks about how the spread of misinformation within that last few years was predictable and inevitable. But it points to a larger picture. The state of the world. It forced us to look at the what was really going on. How there are famines, people dying of COVID, global warming, and injustices around the world. She says "The phrase “canary in a coal mine” comes from the fact that canaries — which are more susceptible to methane than human beings — were brought to mines as an early warning system. If the canary died, it meant methane was leaking, and that the miners needed to evacuate immediately. The canary was an indicator that something was structurally wrong, a sign of greater danger", as well as saying "Calling 2020 a black swan takes away from the fact that COVID-19 and the misinformation surrounding it were utterly predictable".
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