How do we navigate the age of information overload? In this episode, we learn about polluted information systems, bad actors, and the importance of community with Claire Wardle. We also discuss truth and how we decide what to believe with Julian Baggini.
Claire Wardle is Professor of the Practice and co-founder and director of the Information Futures Lab at Brown University. She is considered a leader in the field of misinformation, verification and user-generated content, co-authoring the foundational report, Information Disorder: An interdisciplinary Framework for Research and Policy for the Council of Europe.
Julian Baggini is the author, co-author, and/or editor of over 20 books, including A Short History of Truth: Consolations for a Post-truth World. He is also the co-founder of The Philosophers’ Magazine and former Academic Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy (UK).
Clips from show:
Donald Trump shuts down CNN reporter: "You're fake news" (2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqpzk-qGxMU
Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit from The Demon Haunted World (1995)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkr_PbPVha0
Charlene Hunter Gault interviews media theorist and cultural critic Neil Postman on PBS The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour in (1995)
The History of the Future podcast is co-created and co-hosted by Mark Little and Ellie Payne and produced by Patrick Haughey of AudioBrand. The Schuler Democracy Forum is an initiative of the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute, Trinity College Dublin. The Forum is generously supported by Dr Beate Schuler. For more information, see:https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/Schuler-Democracy-Forum.php