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epistemological shear When it comes to expanding knowledge, Twitter is objectively better than Facebook Thom Dunn
dweb Talking corruption, technology, empiricism and fairness with the Bitcoin Podcast Cory Doctorow
lobbyists 1 in 14 Trump appointees is a former lobbyist, four times the rate under Obama Cory Doctorow
flat earthism Podcast: Why do people believe the Earth is flat? Cory Doctorow
mind control rays don't exist Why do people believe the Earth is flat? Cory Doctorow
truth-seeking Republic of Lies: the rise of conspiratorial thinking and the actual conspiracies that fuel it Cory Doctorow
low-trust societies The internet has become a "low-trust society" Cory Doctorow
concentration To help the news business, subject Big Tech to antitrust — but don't forget Big News's antitrust problem Cory Doctorow
dao Karl Schroeder's "Stealing Worlds": visionary science fiction of a way through the climate and inequality crises Cory Doctorow
zuck's empire of oily rags Facebook's "celebration" and "memories" algorithms are auto-generating best-of-terror-recruiting pages for extremist groups Cory Doctorow
Agnotology danah boyd explains the connection between the epistemological crisis and the rise of far-right conspiratorial thinking Cory Doctorow
polarization is a mirage What's wrong with blaming "information" for political chaos Cory Doctorow
Chemnitz German neofascists used Qanon to expand their reach Cory Doctorow
flat eartherism Study suggests that Flat Eartherism spread via Youtube Cory Doctorow
America’s Last Line of Defense Portrait of a fake news troll and the racist retiree who believes everything he writes Cory Doctorow
pew In America, the young find distinguishing fact from opinion easier than their elders Cory Doctorow
safesurf A browser extension that checks web-pages for misleading and hoax images Cory Doctorow