PinnedMaarten van DoornThe Complete Guide to Effective ReadingLearning how to learn: how to make your ROI on reading explode·30 min read·Apr 27, 2019--107--107
Maarten van DoorninThe Understanding ProjectThe Complete Guide to Effective Note-Making in Roam Research1) how to craft your Zettelkasten of atomic notes, 2) actually master books and write essays·35 min read·Aug 1, 2021--3--3
Maarten van DoorninThe Understanding ProjectWho’s afraid of Cambridge Analytica?Cunning marketers can predict and manipulate our behaviour. Facebook knows your soul. Google is hacking your brain.·6 min read·Jun 21, 2021--2--2
Maarten van DoorninThe Understanding ProjectReasons Why Post-truth Claims Are Plausible, and Evidence That They Are Not trueAlgorithms and the new (dis)information landscape: disaster afoot or unjustified epistemic panic?·20 min read·Apr 30, 2021--4--4
Maarten van DoorninThe Understanding ProjectThe Stakes Are High, Don’t Shun Contrarians!Why enforced intellectual conformism hurts truth-finding·6 min read·Sep 24, 2020--1--1
Maarten van DoorninThe Understanding ProjectWorse, but More Moral, So Better?Talking morals and not consequences is deceptive: we have similar values. So: how much do we really want people to participate in politics?·9 min read·Aug 25, 2020--3--3
Maarten van DoorninThe Understanding ProjectWhat I Can’t BelievePrivilege, standpoint epistemology and lived experiences: why one may claim a statement is knowledge only if it can be debunked in…·7 min read·Aug 10, 2020--2--2
Maarten van DoorninThe Understanding ProjectTruth as a Power GameIntroducing the renewed blog·4 min read·Aug 4, 2020--3--3
Maarten van DoorninThe Understanding ProjectTruth in the Post-Truth Era: It’s Not That ComplicatedWhy you don’t need to worry about lying politicians, fake news, and filter bubbles·9 min read·Dec 12, 2019--8--8
Maarten van DoorninThe Understanding ProjectReality-Making: The Art of Distinguishing Truth from FalsehoodUnderstanding the constitution of knowledge (and the new attacks on it)·14 min read·Nov 27, 2019--8--8