The Cost of Truth: Warriors in an Age of Information Warfare

"We live in the age of information warfare, where propaganda is not simply a weapon, it is the entire field of battle. This is a war for our minds that is aided by advanced technology, and we have never been here, not in all of human history." – Lara Logan

These words from Lara Logan, a journalist who has endured unimaginable trauma in her pursuit of truth, cut to the heart of a struggle defining our era.

We live in extraordinary times, a period that tests not just our intellect but the very essence of our humanity, our integrity, heart, mind, and soul. The challenges we face today go beyond surface-level disagreements, scientific, or even policy debates. They strike at the core of who we are as individuals, affecting our personal choices, communities and societies, forcing us to ask: Do we have the courage to question the narratives we’ve agreed upon? Or do we conform for the sake of comfort, peace and security?

Conformity can be tempting. Following the crowd often feels safer for many, especially in an age where dissent can come at a steep cost. Whether in science, health, politics, culture, or education, sticking to the agreed-upon narrative often ensures access to the “easy paycheck,” research funding, or social acceptance.

Yet, the safety of conformity can come at the price of truth. When we stop challenging ideas or questioning paradigms, we risk intellectual stagnation. Worse, we allow flawed or harmful ideologies to persist unchecked. History is littered with examples of what happens when people stop asking hard questions. Injustice thrives in the silence of those unwilling to disrupt their own comfort.

Today, those who dare to challenge dominant narratives. —journalists like Anna Politkovskaya, Shireen Abu Akleh, Serena Shim, John Pilger, Lara Logan, and Marie Colvin. Beyond journalists, since covid more truth tellers in other prestigious professions joined the fight. There are many made famous that you know of, like Julian Assange. Some you might not be familiar with. Doctors, Lawyers, Alternative Health Advocates, Whistleblowers and broader truth-tellers—find themselves cast aside, slandered, ruined, or killed.

The price of integrity is steep, yet they pay it, knowing the stakes: a future where lies dictate our destiny or one where truth, however battered, still has a voice. I carry the pain of these echoes in my own life, a relentless weight from decades as an advocate for truth—environmental project developer, rainforest conservationist, and alternative health writer, amplifying Indigenous voices censored in Amazonian countries for defending their ancestral homes. I’ve spoken out against human rights abuses and ecocide, and the backlash has been fierce. Threatened, followed, and shunned from Ecuador, I’ve been canceled in professional circles for rejecting the global warming narrative. They don’t like it when environmental scientists expose the lies propping up that agenda. Two weeks before the 2015 Paris COP talks, my Facebook profile vanished after I published an article debunking global warming myths in various groups. During the plandemic, my website was hijacked for calling out COVID crimes, I was also deplatformed from Linkedin. More recently, I’ve been deplatformed again from social media—silenced for writing about whistleblowers who died under mysterious circumstances after speaking up against AI weaponization. Each loss scars, but I keep going, driven by the same fire that fuels those I honour here, those who refuse to kneel to false narratives for the sake of stability and a pay check.

My late husband wasn’t a journalist, his parents were doctors, his mother was the first South American doctor to combine allopathic medicine with homeopathic and alternative medicine. Therefore, my husband understood from personal insights, the corrupt side of the pharmacuetical industry through his parents legacy, he also had tried but failed to help a certain doctor bring his resonance healing device into a hospital to heal cancerous tumours in children; Aside from that, my husband spoke four languages, his passion for alternative health, many talents, brilliance and courage made him a target.