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My favourite books this year

Elite failures and populist backlash

Free speech in the age of social media

The deep and unavoidable roots of political bias

What is misinformation, anyway?

Strategic paranoia: When irrational fears serve rational ends

The evolutionary roots of paranoia

On becoming less left-wing (Part 1)

There is no "censorship industrial complex"

Reflections on conversations with Jesse Singal and Fin Moorhouse

The confused crusade against online misinformation

For the love of God, stop talking about "post-truth"

Can experts save the public from error?

Tenet Media and the limited reach and impact of Russian disinformation

Political animals

America's epistemological crisis

Note on paid subscriptions

There is no "woke mind virus"

Contra critical theory

Debunking Disinformation Myths, Part 3: The Prevalence and Impact of Fake News

The social construction of bespoke realities

Did online misinformation fuel the UK riots?

Fashionable ideas

Why do people believe true things?

The marketplace of misleading ideas

Are people too flawed, ignorant, and tribal for open societies?

Six months on Substack

Biden's age and the problem with the misinformation cope

Thoughts on ideology

Socialism, self-deception, and spontaneous order

Misinformation poses a smaller threat to democracy than you might think

How Dangerous is Misinformation?

Cynicism for thee but not for me

Strategic Altruism: The Machiavellian Roots of Human Kindness

Debunking Disinformation Myths, Part 2: The Politics of Big Disinfo

The misinformation wars - a reading list

Rational Persuasion vs Cancel Culture

Demonizing narratives

The media very rarely makes things up

People are persuaded by rational arguments. Is that a good thing?

The marketplace of good and bad ideas

In politics, the truth is not self-evident. So why do we act as if it is?

Can democracy work?

Debunking Disinformation Myths, Part 1: This is Not the "Disinformation Age"

The Survival of the Friendliest?

My five favourite academic articles from 2023

Misinformation is often the symptom, not the disease

Should we trust misinformation experts to decide what counts as misinformation?

People embrace beliefs that signal their traits and loyalties

Hawking was wrong: Philosophy is not dead, and it has kept up with modern science

AI-based disinformation is probably not a major threat to democracy

Misinformation and disinformation are not the top global threats over the next two years

Misinformation researchers are wrong: There can't be a science of misleading content.

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