What La Generalista has to say:
While published a few years ago, True Enough is still very much worth the read. An example-led look at how our information environment is changing, considering both how we are led as well as how we participate in distorting reality.
“Selective exposure, selective perception, the cult of fake experts, and the end of objectivity in the news: these are merely pistons in what has become, today, a powerful engine of propaganda, one that drives nearly all the recent examples of our society’s unfettered departure from “the reality-based world.”
This is a disturbing glimpse into how the media machinery coupled with our own biases influences content and our actions as a result. Readers might walk away more cynical, but it is hoped, better prepared to cope in our current information environment.
True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society is available for purchase at at Amazon.
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Reminds me of Stephen Colbert’s concept of truthiness, which would be funny if it wasn’t what has actually replaced truth of late. Adding this to my “must buy books” list, thanks for the recomendation!
Not to spoil the book too much, the author does build on Colbert’s concept. I think it was a bit of inspiration! Happy reading!
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