One of the lawyers currently prosecuting Alex Jones got interviewed on knowledge fight. He talked about how he had to watch 150+ hours of Infowars content as background for the case.
He talked about how he had to take regular breaks because he could feel himself passively absorbing information against his will.
I can’t really articulate how validating that was to hear. Sometimes I worry that I’m being overdramatic when I say shit like “hey if you’re not careful, even casually browsing some types of conspiracy media can fuck with your brain” but here was an actual lawyer talking about how it affected him.
It’s not necessarily the content itself, but more how it’s presented. (in my opinion) I think Infowars could be considered an actual cognitohazard.
