information literacy
Accepting everything is a problem. Distrusting everything is a problem. The third way is information literacy: building core skills to appraise information for yourself.
List of articles tagged with or that call to or send for “information literacy”
Movements rally points
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Garbage in, garbage out
Truth is hard, and it's not made easier by how we talk about it and appproach it.
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Learning is hard work
We don't actually learn according to the dictats of schedule.
Articles tagged
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There is no AI in here
I take responsibility for the information I spread. I won't get it right the first time, every time. But I will always strive.
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We have to care about information
Not caring about information is tantamount to giving up – of saying that nothing matters enough about anything.
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Information as a potion to cognition
Information is the inception point of understanding, not the end. With information, poking around to see what happens with it, and checking in with others to find out what they sensed, we start making sense of the world. That sense-making is the first whiff of understanding.
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Find a buddy
Information literacy is easy until you have to walk it out into freefall. Buddy up to explore, test, and build confidence.
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Dealing with a binary argument
The goal behind why they are seeking a binary answer: 'We're doing this, shut up.'
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Emotions are partly information
They are part autonomic response, part biofeedback, part microbiome, and part nervous system. They can react to both more than you're actively paying attention to, and key into a small fraction of the whole current situation.
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Whataboutism and both-sides as information manipulation
The problems ar it's always binary, and doesn't leave space for critical thinking.
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Learning is hard work
We don't actually learn according to the dictats of schedule.
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Thinking models
People can skew information. Bonus: more people, thinking more, can bring information iteratively closer to mirroring reality.
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More reading: thinking models
Don't just take what I say at face value. That's what we're trying to stop doing. Read some more, from different sources. :) Go crazy: approach it with each of the thinking models, see how it changes the flavor.
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Anger and information
Hint: when used manipulatively, it's intended to derail thinking.
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Trailing information environment
Information is not just you and the source. It has many hands, many organizations, and many lenses.
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Slow down
Find your inner turtle. It'll transform into a speed demon with practice.
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Information literacy basic mechanics
Basic mechanics of information literacy explained: transparency, traceability, replicability, accountability.
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Information pollution, poisoning, and literacy
People are information beings. Our civilization is created from shared information with practical application — part know-how, part doing. Originally published on Medium.
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Approaching the news leveraging information literacy
Where we get information has scents of all the people it moved through. We can use ongoing information literacy to tailor who and what banners we trust. Originally published on Medium.