On bullshit
Completely jaded are we, that any advice is regarded with an extreme skepticism, and unless we can figure out an obvious advantage for ourselves, our initial and often definitive response is a curt "No thanks", as if the offer were and attack instead of an opportunity.
We have tons of thousands of information channels,and all of them provide info in one way or the other: friends and trusted ones are one group we tend to listen to, mainstream media the one we reluctantly accept, if at all.
However, the attitudes toward seep into the other, and we find ourselves placing too much trust in the local news, or categorizing everybody else in the untrustworthy category.
Neither healthy nor wise.