“Congrats fool, you played yourself.” Words I say to myself frequently, as I fall into the numerous traps of my own biases. Be it confirmation bias, coverage bias, groupthink, Dunning-Kruger, or even declinism. Being immune to manipulation is almost impossible in today’s modern media saturated era. Numbers vary between studies, […]
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Chpt2: Credibility Problem
In 1946 George Orwell wrote “Politics and the English Language“, an essay critiquing the political language of the day. It observed the connection between what he saw as the debasement of the language and the connection to the political orthodoxies of the day. “The great enemy of clear language is […]