Is Journalism enough? Will we still have it when journalists can't earn a living?

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Can we really go to a 'trust me, bro' world?

Are we stuck in a 'Trust, but verify' situation where it's expensive and time-consuming to verify.

We probably have to head toward a 'Don't trust, verify!' society based on trustless cryptographic infrastructure as central governance fails more and more.

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