Index
Collections
Each collection is a guided walk through one question - biases, tactics, and effects threaded into a single argument. Read in order, or jump in anywhere.
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Anatomy of a Political Argument
A single debate can deploy a dozen techniques at once. Here's how to see them all.
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How Bad Information Becomes Common Knowledge
Most things 'everyone knows' arrived without anyone checking. Trace the journey of a dodgy claim from fringe blog to settled fact - and where the chain can still be broken.
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Why We Judge Fallen Heroes More Harshly Than Known Villains
A corrupt politician we never trusted does less damage to our sleep than an idealist who turned out to be a fraud. The reasons run deeper than disappointment.
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How the World Gets Inside Your Head
Twelve concepts that explain why you feel the way you do about yourself, other people, and the world. No jargon. No lectures. Just the stuff nobody tells you.
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How to Survive the News
The news doesn't just inform you. It reshapes how you think. Here's how to stay clear-headed.
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How to Think Better
Ten frameworks that sharpen your reasoning. No jargon, no guru energy - just useful tools.
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The Misinformation Toolkit
Information is abundant; trust is scarce. A guided tour through the biases, tactics, and effects that make modern misinformation work - and how to notice each one as it's happening.
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The Classroom Misinformation Toolkit
Twelve concepts every student and teacher should recognise. A free critical thinking starter kit.
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The Manipulator's Playbook
Manipulation follows patterns. Once you can see them, they lose most of their power.
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Why We Think Everyone Agrees With Us
We all live inside a model of the world that feels like the world itself - until an election or a comment section breaks the spell. Here's the chain of biases that keeps the bubble feeling like the whole sky.
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Why We'd Rather Have Less Than Let Others Have More
Offered a choice between everyone winning and the other person losing more than you do, a meaningful slice of people pick the second option. Once you see that pattern, a great deal of political behaviour stops being baffling.