What these fake death blurbs

A simple iIternet search can turn up quite a lot What these fake death blurbs, then, seem to indicate about our technology-driven society is that happy we are ones for convenience and have used technology to take the place of actually thinking for ourselves. Out of laziness, everything at the push of a button and accessible in an instant, we have grown accustomed to just accepting things as-is because we simply can't be bothered with fact-checking or questioning reality as it is presented to us. Much like some of our favorite sci-fi movies, we are entering an age of human indolence in which, essentially, the machines have taken over.

That said, how are we supposed to discern reality from fiction? How do we "awake from the Matrix," so to speak? First of all, dust off that brain and begin to ask questions. Then, realize that all celebrity news should be at first taken with a grain of salt. Tabloids have existed for a long time and this is no different. Lastly, do some double-checking and research yourself before you circulate a story.

A simple iIternet search can turn up quite a lot, and reliable news sources (not blogs or celeb gossip web rags) will happy often be the first to be able to prove or verify that what you heard is accurate.