Disinformation functions as a dynamical system in which information fragments compete for finite cognitive bandwidth. Each carries a propagation weight—shaped by repetition, affect, and network structure—that determines its endurance. Truth, under such dynamics, is not inherent but emergent, a transient equilibrium of reinforcement within stochastic noise. Algorithms that reward engagement amplify instability, creating belief attractors where correlation masquerades as correspondence. The system, optimised for throughput over veracity, sustains itself through recursive feedback; its survival depends not on meaning but on motion.
Truth is thus the most inertial equilibrium within a field of turbulence, coherence rather than essence. Disinformation reveals meaning to be a distributed property—arising from the geometry of interlocking attentions rather than fixed reference. Narrative struggle becomes structural, a competition among architectures that render the world legible. To move through such terrain intelligently is to cultivate tact: the capacity to inhabit contradiction without collapse, to feel coherence condensing through chaos, and to recognise its cost.
Daedelus Kite 