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Episode Synopsis
Are we really facing an attention crisis? Historian, Daniel Immerwahr, has his doubts. In fact, he says ours is an era of obsession as much as distraction and of zeal as much as indifference. Also, the paradox of certainty: we crave it, argues the University of Alberta's, Timothy Caulfield, even though it's so easy to fake.GuestsDaniel Immerwahr — author and Professor of History, Northwestern University and a contributing writer at The New YorkerTimothy Caulfield — author and Professor of law, University of AlbertaProfessor Gloria Mark — data scientist and psychologist, Department of Informatics, University of California, IrvineFurther informationTimothy Coulfield: The Certainty Illusion. What You Don't Know and Why It MattersDaniel Immerwahr's article on Attention
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