How To Fight Lies, Tricks And Chaos Online • Discoverology

How To Fight Lies, Tricks And Chaos Online

It took me years to really understand where all the information I saw online was coming from. So this isn’t just a guide to spotting when something is fake. It’s a system for slowing down and thinking about information — whether that information is true, false, or something in between.

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