Tag: post-fact
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More knowledge is touted as the vaccine against ‘alternative facts’, half truths and misconceptions. But what if our brains are the problem, not the solution? These answers are no longer… more ›
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Dictatorships and Data Standards » Since the 19th century, government statistics have been central to our sense of shared social reality. Is that going away? more ›
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Fake News Is About to Get Even Scarier than You Ever Dreamed » Less than a month after Donald Trump was improbably elected the 45th president of the United States,… more ›
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Obama Reckons with a Trump Presidency » The morning after Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, Barack Obama summoned staff members to the Oval Office. Some were… more ›
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“it’s clear we are living in a ‘post-fact’ or ‘post-truth’ world. Not merely a world where politicians and media lie – they have always lied – but one where they… more ›