A Free Marketplace of Ideas

I agree with Milton that knowledge and ideas must be openly passed around and debated in order to make progress. Without fresh information society becomes stagnant and stuck in its ways. I also believe that it is the responsibility of the people to think creatively and pursue knowledge, but as we know this is not always the case. As a whole we have become lazy and dependent upon everything being "instant," along with our news. I believe our media does have a responsibility to contribute objective information for people to form their own ideas and opinions, whatever they may be, because disagreements can be healthy and aid in the progression of society. Clearly it would be difficult to regulate objectivity and not all news is, and this is when people have to be active in deciding what they will listen to or believe in, and not sit back allowing themselves to be brainwashed.