Spotting Fake News/Critical Thinking

Books about how to critical assess sources of information and spot fake information.

Updated December 17, 2024
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The age of magical overthinking : notes on modern irrationality
Montell, Amanda
Paper Book
In the modern information age, our brain's coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to eleven. Amanda Montell blends cultural criticism and personal narrative to explore our modern cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages and highlights of magical overthinking....
Foolproof : why we fall for misinformation and how to build immunity
Van der Linden, Sander
Paper Book
Winner of British Psychological Society Best Book Prize (Popular Science) 2023 Nature's Top 10 Books of 2023 A Financial Times Book of the Year 2023 ?A Waterstones Book of the Year for Politics 2023 Fake news. Alternative facts. Conspiracy theories....
What the Fact?: Finding the Truth in All the Noise
Yasmin, Seema.
Paper Book
From acclaimed writer, journalist, and physician Dr. Seema Yasmin comes a "savvy, accessible, and critical" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) book about the importance of media literacy, fact-based reporting, and the ability to discern truth from lies. What is a fact? What...
True or false : a CIA analyst's guide to spotting fake news /
Otis, Cindy L.
Paper Book
"Fake news" is a term you've probably heard a lot in the last few years, but it's not a new phenomenon. From the ancient Egyptians to the French Revolution to Jack the Ripper and the founding fathers, fake news has been around as long as human civilization. But that doesn't mean that we should just...
Factfulness : ten reasons we're wrong about the world--and why things are better than you think
Rosling, Hans
Paper Book
OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD 'A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases' BARACK OBAMA 'One of the most important books I've ever read - an indispensable guide to thinking clearly...
Think again : the power of knowing what you don't know /
Grant, Adam M.
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestseller "THIS. This is the right book for right now. Yes, learning requires focus. But, unlearning and relearning requires much more--it requires choosing courage over comfort. In Think Again, Adam Grant weaves together research and...
Rationality : what it is, why it seems scarce, why it matters
Pinker, Steven
Paper Book
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 'Punchy, funny and invigorating ... Pinker is the high priest of rationalism' Sunday Times 'If you've ever considered taking drugs to make yourself smarter, read Rationality instead. It's cheaper, more...

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