The Constitution of Knowledge
A Defense of Truth
Jonathan Rauch
From the publisher: Disinformation. Trolling. Conspiracies. Social media pile-ons. Campus intolerance. On the surface, these ... Read more
Weaponized Lies
How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era
Daniel J. Levitin
From the publisher: Investigating numerical misinformation, Daniel Levitin shows how mishandled statistics and graphs can ... Read more
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Merchants of Doubt
How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Climate Change
Naomi Oreskes & Erik M. Conway
This seminal book defined and documented the Tobacco Strategy, which has become the template for ... Read more
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Network Propaganda
Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics
Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris, Hal Roberts
One of the best researched and documented accounts of the biggest propaganda influencers in the ... Read more
Sandy Hook
An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth
Elizabeth Williamson
From the publisher: Based on hundreds of hours of research, interviews, and access to exclusive ... Read more
The Doctor Who Fooled the World
Science, Deception, and the War on Vaccines
Brian Deer
From the publisher: From San Francisco to Shanghai, from Vancouver to Venice, controversy over vaccines ... Read more
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Why Trust Science?
Naomi Oreskes
Naomi Oreskes is one of my personal heroes, and this book is one of the ... Read more
Cultish
The Language of Fanaticism
Amanda Montell
From the publisher: What makes “cults” so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The ... Read more
The Demon-Haunted World
Science as a Candle in the Dark
Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
An absolute must-read. From the publsiher: How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly ... Read more
A Lot of People Are Saying
The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy
Nancy L. Rosenblum and Russell Muirhead
From the publisher: Conspiracy theories are as old as politics. But conspiracists today have introduced ... Read more
The Death of Truth
Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump
Michiko Kakutani
From the publisher: We live in a time when the very idea of objective truth ... Read more
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
From the publisher: In his mega bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, world-famous psychologist and ... Read more