Misinformation ain't just a politics/social media issue. It's a big work issue.
Work is largely about power and control, and those things provide powerful incentives for lying.
Got a cool newsletter this morning about misinformation. If you are the type of person that reads thought pieces and watches documentaries, you will know and recognize 99.9% of the content in here. You can also hit up this 2017 New Yorker article on "why facts don't change our minds," which has a lot of the same major points in a longer format.
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