Sensemaking in the Hall of Mirrors

Billions of people worldwide are trying to track the truth. And yet we are living in a hall of mirrors. Whether it’s admonitions to “trust the experts” or headlines that read “Science says…” it’s too easy to forget that human beings have epistemic limits. We are all trapped in our subjective selves. We come with biases. And in our search for truth we sometimes have to appeal to authorities who are just as human as we are. In this brave new world of narrative warfare, we must reckon with the fact that tracking the truth (nevermind arriving at collective intelligence) is a tough, dirty business. In this episode, we seek the wisdom to know our limitations and the courage to track the truth despite them.