Information Hygiene: The ability to tell the difference between spin and propaganda, between unknowns and fiction, to make probabilistic assessments when confronted with confusing contradictory ideas instead of falling into conspiracy theories or cults. pic.twitter.com/dphAcB3XEB
— Barry Ritholtz (@ritholtz) August 21, 2022
The problem: most people (I’d say 95%) are utterly incapable of this. This brings up thorny questions about censorship and who gets to control information.