In this episode Jacob and David have an in depth discussion about Fake News: What is it, Why it exists and how it is proliferating, The dumbing down of society, The echo chamber of social media, What social media companies really know about you and much more.

Reference links

Huge Whale

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/whales-samuel-de-champlain-bridge/

Fake news survey 75% of American adults fooled.

https://github.com/BuzzFeedNews/2016-12-fake-news-survey

2019 MindEdge critical thinking survey

https://www.mindedge.com/resources/critical-thinking-survey-2019/

NPR story

https://www.npr.org/2011/02/09/133310978/in-college-a-lack-of-rigor-leaves-students-adrift