By Ralph Hertwig and Anastasia Kozyreva Cognitive scientist, Max Planck Institute for Human Development; Sam Wineburg, Stanford University and Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol Berlin/Bristol/Stanford, Feb 5 (The Conversation) The web is an informational paradise and a hellscape at the same time. A boundless wealth of high-quality information is available at our fingertips right next to a ceaseless torrent of low-quality, distracting, false and manipulative information. The platforms that control search were conceived in sin. Their business model auctions off our most precious and limited cognitive resource: attention. These platforms work overtime to hijack our attention by purveying information that...