No one wants to be mad all the time. So why does social media constantly tempt us with rage bait? And why do we consistently bite?
Tag: misinformation
Check Your Lenses
Different tools enable different types of seeing and thinking.
What Changed Your Mind?
The most important mind-changers aren't nuggets you'll note in a TED talk or even lessons you'll learn from a book. They're experiences that change who you are.
Does the Data Really Know?
We increasingly expect “the data” to guide us. But what do they really know?
Get to Know Your Sources
In a world where information is everywhere, it's increasingly important to know who's feeding you what, why, and how.
What You’re Hearing Is Less than The Truth
But it isn't all a pack of lies, either.
(The Lack of) Truth in Advertising; Or, Why Honesty Is More Important than Accuracy
What I learned from watching a pharmaceutical ad with my daughter.
Why Are People So Easily Deceived?
After watching another week of election-year shenanigans, my teen-aged daughter asked me a pretty adult question: “why are so many people so easily deceived? She was thinking of a particular set of people on one side of the political spectrum, but I thought bigger. The hard truth, after all, is that we’re all susceptible to …
