The Erosion of What Anchors Us

In a time where the world hums with the constant pulse of connection, where ideas travel faster than light and voices are amplified into a deafening roar, it is both ironic and tragic that truth — the sturdy axis on which we turn — has become negotiable. Facts, once immutable and steady as the stars, now melt like wax under the glare of bias, convenience, and power. We live in an age where reality bends to the will of those who shout the loudest, where opinion masquerades as evidence, and where the firm foundation of shared understanding crumbles beneath the weight of self-serving agendas.

When did facts lose their sovereignty? Once, they were the bedrock upon which civilizations built their temples of reason. Now, they are pawns in a game of influence, traded, twisted, and reshaped to suit the needs of those who wield them. We see it in every corner of life: in politics where spin triumphs over substance, in science where doubt is manufactured to obscure the inconvenient, and in our private lives, where truth often contorts under the pressure of our own fears and desires. A shared reality, the great adhesive of humanity, dissolves into fragments, leaving us isolated in echo chambers of confirmation, where the light of understanding rarely pierces.

And what of empathy? Once a virtue, it is increasingly viewed with suspicion, even contempt. To feel for others, to recognize the weight of their suffering, has become a dangerous liability in a world obsessed with strength and self-interest. Empathy demands vulnerability, and…