S2E06: The Information Cycle

Not being boring about actual information can be a challenge, but herein, we try. How we are informed about the happenings of the world is important to how firmly and reliably we understand the outside world. This is something that we can all take for granted in "The Information Age," but more than ever we need to apply our skeptics hat. Headlines are plenty, but the in-depth knowledge that lies behind headlines is harder to access; what's more, we barely want to access more in-depth information, most of the time. But when it matters, we need to be vigilant so that we don't spread misinformation, a habit that has literally be weaponized against the entire country in the last decade.