The death of truth : how social media and the internet gave snake oil salesmen and demagogues the weapons they needed to destroy trust and polarize the world - and what we can do about it / Steven Brill.
Publication Info.
New York : Knopf, 2024.
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West Hartford Public Library
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Edition
First edition.
Description
pages cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Seven times seven is not forty-one -- The liberation of the good samaritans -- "What's up with your recommendation engine" -- "We're sorry" -- Millions of papers flying around -- ER doctors or tobacco company shills? -- Buying blind -- A vaster wasteland-- Attacking the referees -- Infodemic -- Down the rabbit hole -- America's shameful export -- We are going to burn you down" -- When you can't believe your own eyes -- Resurrecting truth-what you can do.
Summary
"A best-selling author documents how facts-shared truths-have lost their power to hold us together as a community, as a country, globally, and how belief in "alternative facts" and conspiracy theories have destroyed trust in institutions, leaders, and legitimate experts"-- Provided by publisher.
