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Apr 27, 2019

The Complete Guide to Effective Reading

Learning how to learn: how to make your ROI on reading explode

The Complete Guide to Effective Reading

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Aug 1, 2021

The Complete Guide to Effective Note-Making in Roam Research

1) how to craft your Zettelkasten of atomic notes, 2) actually master books and write essays

The Complete Guide to Effective Note-Making in Roam Research

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Jun 21, 2021

Who’s afraid of Cambridge Analytica?

Cunning marketers can predict and manipulate our behaviour. Facebook knows your soul. Google is hacking your brain.

Who’s afraid of Cambridge Analytica?

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Apr 30, 2021

Reasons Why Post-truth Claims Are Plausible, and Evidence That They Are Not true

Algorithms and the new (dis)information landscape: disaster afoot or unjustified epistemic panic?

Reasons Why Post-truth Claims Are Plausible, and Evidence That They Are Not true

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Sep 24, 2020

The Stakes Are High, Don’t Shun Contrarians!

Why enforced intellectual conformism hurts truth-finding

The Stakes Are High, Don’t Shun Contrarians!

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Aug 25, 2020

Worse, 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?

Worse, but More Moral, So Better?

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Aug 10, 2020

What I Can’t Believe

Privilege, standpoint epistemology and lived experiences: why one may claim a statement is knowledge only if it can be debunked in…

What I Can’t Believe

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Aug 4, 2020

Truth as a Power Game

Introducing the renewed blog

Truth as a Power Game

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Dec 12, 2019

Truth in the Post-Truth Era: It’s Not That Complicated

Why you don’t need to worry about lying politicians, fake news, and filter bubbles

Truth in the Post-Truth Era: It’s Not That Complicated

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Nov 27, 2019

Reality-Making: The Art of Distinguishing Truth from Falsehood

Understanding the constitution of knowledge (and the new attacks on it)

Reality-Making: The Art of Distinguishing Truth from Falsehood

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Essays about why we believe what we do, how societies come to a public understanding about truth, and how we might do better (crazy times)

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