5G Warfare

I have come across the term 5G Warfare a lot in recent weeks and found the topic thought provoking. 5th Generation Warfare was discussed by Umair Haque in his blog , describing how someone would engage in this style of battle and he lists 10 rules that would accomplish the mission. You can read the rules on his blog but I would like to comment on this idea of information warfare. It is true that we are bombarded with a lot of information these days; it is everywhere you turn: the radio, the television, texting, and the internet. There is so much information floating out there and especially on the internet, that in order for it to be useful to you as an individual, you must apply critical thinking skills to decide which information is valid. For example, I live in Mexico and it was not so long ago that all these "news" stories were being told about the "war on drugs" in Mexico. I do not think I have read so many lies and so many false reports on the television news in my life. Since I live precisely where they were "reporting" about, I knew the majority of the reports were out and out lies. For example, I read online and saw on tv that the citizens of Mexico would step out of their houses each morning only to find headless bodies in the gutter or a sack of chopped off heads on the curb or that gun battles happened right in front of everybody in populated areas. These were all shameless lies by the media and then parroted by whoever felt this type of story fit into their agenda. This has made me look at all types of reporting with extreme skepticism and I would rather get my information from eyewitness accounts or what I experience in my own life. Lately, there is a lot of "news" about how the economy is recovering even though people tell me their hours are being cut back or they are losing their jobs, I see for "For Rent" signs everywhere, and businesses that are open are practically empty. It feels like I am reading science fiction shorts when I look at some of the stuff that is put out as "information" these days, a lot of it is very creative!
The point is, with so much info out there, including this story about 5G Warfare, it is important to put to use our critical thinking skills and determine what is true and what is propaganda.