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When critical thinking isn't enough: to beat information overload, we need to learn 'critical ignoring'

By Ralph Hertwig, Director, Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Anastasia Kozyreva, Cognitive scientist, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Sam Wineburg, Professor of Education and (by courtesy) History, Stanford University
Stephan Lewandowsky, Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol

Lateral reading, self-nudging and a persistent refusal to feed the trolls are some of the ways one can better manage information.

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