Anthony Rao PhD
Dr. Rao is a cognitive-behavioral therapist. He appears regularly as an expert commentator. He is co-author with Paul Napper of "The Power of Agency."
Articles by Anthony
6 Ways to Have Agency — and Harness the Facts — in the Post-Truth Era
Who among us could have imagined the post-truth era?
Yet, when ‘alternative facts’ abound, when deception and lies are shrugged off as just spin, when the U.S. president has made tens of thousands of proven false or misleading statements, when fake news penetrates YouTube and Facebook, and then spreads insidiously across the internet, we can no longer deny it. The post-truth era is real — and has tragic consequences.
The good news is we’re certainly not helpless. We don’t have to feel vulnerab...
07 Oct, 2019
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6 min read
6 Ways to Have Agency — and Harness the Facts — in the Post-Truth Era
We can no longer deny that we are living in a post-truth era. It is real, and it has tragic consequences. But the situation is not hopeless. ...
07 Oct, 2019
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6 min read