Adams discusses how to be better informed on ‘Truth for Teachers’ podcast

In the Feb. 21 segment of the Truth for Teachers podcast, host Angela Watson interviews NLP’s Peter Adams on How to be informed media consumer and advocate for truth.

Adams begins by discussing why misinformation is more prevalent and provides a brief overview of how extremists of all kinds have become better networked and influential. He also explains how hate groups and conspiracy theorists have leveraged our polarization to promote their own agendas. The deeply informative conversation goes on to cover several other aspects of the information landscape. These include, among others:

• Why objectivity does not mean staying neutral
• What’s actually news-worthy (“How come the media isn’t talking about this?”)
• The difference between a conspiracy and conspiracy theory
• Intellectual humility and not demonizing everyone on “the other side”
• Looking for disconfirming evidence of our beliefs
• Having open, offline conversations with people who think differently
• What it means to “do your own research”