Zenith
If there was ever a “peak truth” in human history – a moment when collective decision-making leaned most toward reason – it likely occurred between the late 1940s and early 1970s.
Scarred by global war, societies briefly elevated science, expertise, and technocratic planning to the center of public life.
Institutions were built on research and negotiation, and trust in experts was unusually high.
Yet even at its height, this rationality was fragile, uneven, and easily corrupted by fear, prejudice, and commercial interests.
As media fragmented, postmodern skepticism grew, and marketing psychology advanced, the brief era of shared factual consensus dissolved.
Today, the emotional, partisan, and manipulated information landscape stands as a mirror to that lost moment – not of perfect truth, but of its highest, most precarious reach.
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