💯 this.

People tend to forget that the greatest advancements in public health and therefore lifespan was an investment in public works (clean water, air, environment) and vaccines.

The 'signal' producers [journalists, scientists, .. ] often face the simple disadvantage that content creators are faster, simpler and more engaging; because fictions are easy to produce

Truth takes knowledge, time, effort and can not be optimized for engagement, emotional salience, audience appeal