Misinformation Speaker Series: The Information Animal and the Competition for Reality

Humans have always engaged in information competition throughout history. In so doing, they adopt new technologies, try to control the flow of information, and compete to win hearts and minds by flooding the information ecosystem with their point of view, sometimes slipping into open conflict. But what if these competitions for reality follow a pattern? What can looking beyond the competition to the information ecosystem in which it occurs tell us about mitigating escalating conflict? This talk looks beyond the latest technology or disinformation to examine the wider system and how studying it might unlock solutions to problems within it.