Americans have become overly reliant on others doing our work for us. In our domestic duties we have Rumbas so we don’t have to sweep and dishwashers so we don't have to wash a dish. Then we have people that prepare our food for us and have Doordash deliver it to our doorstep. We have innovated and innovated until we barely have to do anything for ourselves anymore — and this includes forming opinions. We don't need to do research and read to form an opinion because the media will do it for us. STRENGTHEN YOUR POSITION IN THE INFORMATION CHAIN Back in the 80's, we'd have slumber parties and play slumber party games. One of these games was called "Telephone." It's often used as an icebreaker and for object lessons. If you're not familiar with it, it goes something like this — everyone gets in a line and one person begins by whispering a phrase into the ear of
the person next to them. As people turn and pass the information down the line, problems in communication inevitably arise. People would whisper too quietly. Or people would laugh and forget parts of the phrase. And if forgotten they'd fill in the blanks with their best guess. Occasionally, you'd get a guy who purposely tried to mess it up. By the time the last person received the message they had to say it out loud for everyone to hear. The phrase “Jenny went to the store last night and bought a little stuffed weasel that she used to decorate her chicken coop so her chickens wouldn't poop" would turn into something like "Jimmy went to the store and bought stuff so that her chickens could make decorations from poop." ROLES IN THE INFORMATION CHAIN Even small misconceptions or misinterpretations that occur when the message is transmitted can end up making a huge difference in terms of the accuracy of the…