Truth Apparatus

Posted by: Faye Marcelino
Humanity’s endless search for the truth is very amusing. We put up institutions and organizations such as schools, the church and the media to search and research then eventually teach us, preach to us or report to us about the truth. But despite the efforts, it is still beyond our grasp.
As I scanned through the Wikileaks website, I realized how little we know of the truth and how much effort some people make to assure our ignorance. It is good that the people behind this site recognized that the internet as a product of technology should not only make our lives better by raking in capital, but release us from the tall tales that we accept as reality. They took advantage of this technology to let people know and talk about things that do matter. According to Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, the site was created to have a system of guaranteed free press across the world.
Wikileaks is bold, courageous, liberating and controversial all at the same time. These are some of the characteristics that the internet shares which would somehow assure its existence and progress as a new media. It is our very own curiosity and dedication for truth that would feed the internet’s development.