Overview
āA seminal, ground-breaking, documented and honest examination of two of the central dilemmas of our timeāwhat is truth and where to find it.āĀ āBob Woodward,Ā associate editor at The Washington Post
As the cofounder of NewsGuard, a company that tracksĀ online misinformation, Steven Brill has observed the rise of fake news from a front-row seat. In The Death of Truth, with startling, often terrifying clarity, he explains how we got hereāand how we can get back to a world where truth matters.
None of thisāconspiracy theories embraced, expertise ridiculed, empirical evidence ignoredāhas happened by accident. Brill takes us inside the decisions made by executives in Silicon Valley to code the algorithms embedded in their social media platforms toĀ maximize profits by pushing divisive content. He unravels the ingenious creation of automated advertising buying systems that reward that click-baiting content andĀ penalize reliable news publishers, and describes how the use of theseĀ ad-financed,Ā misinformation platformsĀ by politicians, hucksters, and conspiracy theorists deceivesĀ ordinaryĀ citizens.Ā He documentsĀ how the most powerful adversaries of America have used American-made social media and advertising tools against us with massive disinformation campaignsāandĀ how, with the development ofĀ generative artificial intelligence, everything could get exponentially worse unlessĀ we act. The stakes are high for all of us, including Brill himself, whose company's role in exposing Russian disinformation operations resulted in a Russian agent targeting him and his family.
Crucially, Brill lays outĀ a series ofĀ provocative but realistic prescriptions forĀ whatĀ weĀ canĀ doĀ now toĀ reverse courseāproposals certain to stir debate and even action that couldĀ curb the power of big tech to profit from division and chaos,Ā tamp down polarization,Ā andĀ restoreĀ the trust necessary toĀ bring us together.
This book title, The Death of Truth, ISBN: 9780525658313, by Steven Brill, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group (June 4, 2024) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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