Book Look: Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online by Mike Caulfield and Sam Wineburg
Possibly the longest post title ever on this blog. I grew up with the internet. It was easy to be fooled back then. Nigerian Princes. Chain Letters. Bonsai Cats (do not look that up). It's - arguably - easier now. Entities are trying to sell you something, get you to buy into crypto, NFTs, or AI, or make you believe something that furthers their interests. Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online by Mike Caulfield and Sam Wineburg walk through how old techniques fall short of the new internet. (Many of these entries are slight alterations from my LinkedIn posts on the subject while reading. This is not a review, just some thoughts.) ----- Caulfield and Wineburg introduce the SIFT method; Stop Investigate the Source Find Other Coverage Trace the Claim to the Original Context I particularly like how, early in the book, 'Stop' is accompanied by ask...