High emotional states can easily be directed towards any single goal that relieves the anxiety, including simplified political solutions and conspiracies.
Read MoreJohn Zada’s new book looks at how the news skews our perceptions and disorients society.
Read MoreJamie Bartlett’s recent book outlines dangers of the digital revolution and offers possible solutions on how we can protect our personal privacy, and democracy itself.
Read MoreTim Wu, in his new book, The Attention Merchants, shows us how technologists, profiteers and politicians take advantage of our vulnerabilities for their own advantage.
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