Critically Consuming
Excerpt from "Psychological Self Defence"
“First, if you want reliable information, pay good money for it. If you get your news for free, you might well be the product.
The second rule of thumb is that if some issue seems exceptionally important to you, make the effort to read the relevant peer-reviewed literature.”
Yuval Noah Harari
It is probably not feasible for you to go live in the woods and avoid the information wars completely. We need to stay relatively informed. But there is a way to consume information that keeps you freer, happier, and wiser.
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