Politics with Paul #42: Knowledge Gaps in Politics Part 2 - Protecting Yourself Against Manipulation

Everybody has knowledge gaps when it comes to politics, no matter how much we know. There is just too much information to pay attention to, and not all of it is good. Unfortunately, that leaves the door open for political actors to try to exploit our biases or lack of understanding. Fortunately, however, there are ways to protect yourself against these attempts to manipulate our behavior and thought processes. Today covers some of the ways you can protect yourself by decreasing engagement with clickbait/ragebait, tips for researching political info, healthy skepticism about political arguments, and how to disagree in a more effective and healthy fashion. With these tools, we can better protect ourselves from manipulation by those with vested political interests.

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Paul Rader

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0:00	Intro: Protecting Against People Trying to Exploit Political Knowledge Gaps
2:14	Recap of Last Episode: What is an Exploiter and How Do They Exploit Knowledge Gaps?
4:18	Reexamining Our Biases
11:25	The Outsized Impact of Clickbait and Ragebait
23:30	Healthy Skepticism in Political Discourse
33:17	Tips for Researching Information Effectively
47:19	Disagreeing Better in Politics
59:08	Final Thoughts and Closing

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