I think disinformation is mostly an education issue. Things I learned in an American high school which are good to know but not everyday useful: - Geometry -

I think disinformation is mostly an education issue. Things I learned in an American high school which are good to know but not everyday useful: - Geometry - Calculus - Basic chemistry - 'Art' - History of my state (like, seriously?) Things I didn't really learn in high school but would be immensely useful in combating disinformation: - Probability and statistics - How to conduct experimental trials - How to read (scientific) papers critically - How the US Govt works, in-depth - Classical logic - Formal debate - The Socratic Method and other mental models for divergent thinking - World religions and theology - Basic psychology - Cybersecurity, or really any kind of "adversarial" thinking - Meditation and self-discipline I have no idea why we continue to teach so much trig/calc instead of statistics. Statistics is (IMHO) harder to understand and more important, but schools spend significantly less time on it.