Alex Edmans on Post-Truth

Aug 26, 2021

Want to dive a bit deeper in post-truth? We recommend watching Alex Edman's TED Talk on what to trust in a post-truth world. In his talk to he explores how confirmation bias (the tendency to only accept information that support your personal beliefs) can lead you astray on social media, in politics and beyond.


Alex (who is Professor of Finance at the London Business School), offers three practical tools for finding evidence you can actually trust. (Hint: appoint someone to be the devil's advocate in your life.)

Click here to watch Alex's TED Talk