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The constitution of knowledge : a defense of truth /

Disinformation. Trolling. Conspiracies. Social media pile-ons. Campus intolerance. On the surface, these recent additions to our daily vocabulary appear to have little in common. But together, they are driving an epistemic crisis: a multi-front challenge to America's ability to distinguish fact...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rauch, Jonathan, 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 "A terrible statement unless he gets away with it": Chaos and conformity have caused an epistemic crisis
  • 2 The state of nature: tribal truth: Bias, groupthink, and the epistemic war of all against all
  • 3 Booting reality: the rise of networked knowledge: Outsourcing reality to a social network is humankind's greatest innovation
  • 4 The constitution of knowledge: The operating system of the reality-based community
  • 5 Disinformation technology: the challenge of digital media: Making the online world truth-friendly is difficult but doable
  • 6 Troll epistemology: "flood the zone with shit": Disinformation is an old enemy with new weapons and powerful friends
  • 7 Canceling: despotism of the few: Coercive conformity is corrupting the reality-based community
  • 8 Unmute yourself: pushing back: Defending the Constitution of Knowledge requires confidence and counter-mobilization.