How to Flatten the Curve of the Information Pandemic

‘Social Media Distancing’ Is the Key to Quelling the Information Pandemic
Language is a virus, and you can help flatten the curve
Ephrat Livni
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Jul 28, 2020
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Photo: Ella Fields/Getty ImagesThe Beat writer William Burroughs once said that language is a virus from outer space, and he didn’t mean it allegorically.
Fake news, long before the phrase entered the national lexicon, was part of his evidence: Pieces of…
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Written by Ephrat Livni
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Writer. Lawyer. SCOTUS noter. Ex-appellate defender. Ex-QZ senior reporter, law and politics, DC.
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