Conspicuous Cognition

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Against Political Chmess

Domination and Reputation Management

Will AI Change Everything?

The Stench of Propaganda Clings to Everything

The Case Against Social Media is Weaker Than You Think

Thinking Beyond the Misinformation Wars

The Standpoint of the Oppressed Doesn't Lead to Truth

The Decline of Legacy Media, Rise of Vodcasters, and X's Staying Power

Stupidity, gullibility, and other adaptive strategies

Status, class, and the crisis of expertise

Criticising misinformation research doesn't make you a Trump supporter

On becoming less left-wing (Part 2)

Advice for bloggers

Contra critical theory

The puzzle of populist devotion: How alliances and propaganda explain right-wing populism

People embrace beliefs that signal their traits and loyalties

What if the truth about AI is more boring than we'd like?

Social media isn't destroying society

Misinformation isn't a contagious virus you can be inoculated against

The "everyone is biased" bias

Conversations about misinformation

Against Bluesky

On conspiracy theories of ignorance

False consciousness and the dominant ideology thesis

The world outside and the pictures in our heads

Citizens, experts, and democracy

Politics, truth, and ideology: A syllabus

Is the internet worse than a brainwashing machine?

One year on Substack

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