Ten strong suggestions for surviving misinformation
Author A.J. Jacobs created the best guide for navigating our post-truth world. His "Ten Strong Suggestions" include framing disagreements as puzzles rather than battles, assigning percentages to beliefs, and embracing sources that admit mistakes. Jacobs advocates for curiosity over fury, skepticism of individual experts while respecting consensus, and wariness of human memory. This is the opposite of fake news. — MF