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A Big Think article, examining the way social media leaves us “isolated, scared and tribal” rather than connecting and uniting us.

" ...are we really that rational? And is rationality really what distinguishes people who live with mental illness from those who do not? It seems not. After decades of research, there is compelling evidence that we are not as rational as we think we are and that, rather than irrationality being the exception, it is part of who we normally are." - from the article

There are many internet sites that contain useful source and stimulus material for TOK purposes. On this Diigo curating account, set up by DP librarian Anthony Tilke from the American School of the Hague, resources have been tagged with TOK-related terms, e.g. Ways of Knowing, emotion, language, authority, etc.