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What to trust in a post-truth world?

Synthesizing data requires sorting through an increasing mountain of data in a “post-data” world in which a single story offers an appealing escape from 21st-century information overload. In this TED Talk, London Business School researcher Alex Edmans provides a strategy for thinking critically about evidence and making decisions (Practice C1).

   Video

   18 minutes

   By: Alex Edmans, TEDx

   K-12 educators | Lifelong learners


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Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.

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