The "information problem" revisited
We hear about disgrace everyday. If you, like me, have chosen to follow the Facebook pages of newspapers, you will on a daily basis be faced with terrible stories by scrolling down your endless timeline. Environmental disasters and the consequences of an inefficient policy to fight global warming, the exploitation of workers in southeast Asia or elsewhere in the underdeveloped world, the bad ending of pacifist demonstrations, race and gender based discrimination, cases of corruption and injustice in the justice system, the suffering of civilians in war zones, the degrading treatment given to refugees, hunger, the effects of pollution in China, India, everywhere, the raise of far-right movements in western democracies, terrorist attacks, genocides, the creation of concentration camps for gay men in Chechnya... Actually, even if you don't follow these pages, you might end up seeing some posts shared by your friends. If you're not that connected, you might still hear about the m