Ep41 "Is there any such thing as true news?" (Truth Part 2: the Internet)

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman
08/01/2024 49 min Episodio 41
Ep41 "Is there any such thing as true news?" (Truth Part 2: the Internet)

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What is the future of misinformation on the internet? Is it possible that the invention of the internet has improved access to truth? What does any of this have to do with the Oxford English Dictionary, Soviet agriculture, liberation technology, Kenyan elections, Barbra Streisand's house, and Twitter revolutions? Join Eagleman for a surprising foray into the thorny forest of truth in the age of the internet.

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