We’re living in a golden age of knowledge — so why is it harder than ever to separate fact from fiction? A recent study estimated that a typical person today processes about 74 gigabytes of information every day. For context, that’s about as much information as a person 500 years ago would have consumed over a *lifetime.* Trying to parse all of it to figure out what’s real and what’s false can feel overwhelming … especially when the fake stuff seems to have the upper hand. Part of the problem is