There are three books sitting behind what I want to say here. Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death has become a bit of a touchstone for those discussing the impact of the current moment on the way we think – among whom Naomi Alderman is a good starting point for her lucid guide to what she calls the “Information Crisis”, Don’t Burn Anyone At The Stake Today. And Sander Van Der Linden, author of Foolproof, has been at the forefront of the attempt to codify and understand the way we respond to misinformation, and to understand the new ways information spreads and metastasises.