The sheer volume of facts and the speed at which they are accessed today is only equaled by the selective bias and velocity at which facts are considered and discarded.
We have access to more data (information) today than ever before, but are no better equipped to develop the "meaning" of that information than we did before. So we are in a chaotic time, as you describe. In the very near future I expect the emergence of mature AI "bots" that will assist us in this endeavor, however expect the algorithms of those bots to be subject to manipulation and control - see the Facebook and Twitter algorithms that have done just that, promoting propaganda and false reality. There's a rich market available for truly trusted agents that "get it right" - though I'm unsure how that would be done. Maybe Elon will figure that piece out.
We have access to more data (information) today than ever before, but are no better equipped to develop the "meaning" of that information than we did before. So we are in a chaotic time, as you describe. In the very near future I expect the emergence of mature AI "bots" that will assist us in this endeavor, however expect the algorithms of those bots to be subject to manipulation and control - see the Facebook and Twitter algorithms that have done just that, promoting propaganda and false reality. There's a rich market available for truly trusted agents that "get it right" - though I'm unsure how that would be done. Maybe Elon will figure that piece out.