There are three basic approaches for protecting ourselves against misinformation and disinformation online.

“The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than [that needed] to produce it.”

Participating on social media is only secondarily about sharing new information; it is primarily about maintaining and reinforcing common bonds.

The Internet site is not necessarily designed to perpetuate a long-term relationship; it is designed to make you click, now. Quality of information and accuracy are no longer as important as sparkle.

Disinformation flows through a network of trusted contacts instead of being injected from outside into a skeptical society.

He described bullshit as what people create when they try to impress you or persuade you, without any concern for whether what they are saying is true or false, correct or incorrect.

With click-driven advertising, if a headline tells too much, there is little incentive to click on the story. Headlines now go through contortions not to tell you what the story says.

These algorithms are not designed to keep you informed; they are designed to keep you active on the platform.

Every generation thinks that its successor’s lazy habits of mind will bring on a cultural and intellectual decline.