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#180 – Hugo Mercier on why gullibility and misinformation are overrated

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The Impact of Disinformation is Constrained By How Much and Where People Direct Attention

The internet already contains an overwhelming amount of information on any given topic, creating a bottleneck in people's individual attention. This bottleneck is primarily influenced by big actors in the field such as cable news and big newspapers. Therefore, flooding the internet with thousands of articles on a specific issue is not effective as people are unlikely to read them due to limited attention.

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