Como saber em que acreditar? | Paula Slier | TEDxUniversity of Johannesburg

A correspondente de guerra Paula Slier, que há mais de duas décadas reporta de zonas de conflito como Gaza, Síria, Líbano, Afeganistão, Iraque, Ucrânia e Líbia, analisa como a informação molda aquilo em que as pessoas acreditam. Com base em sua experiência em zonas de guerra e no ambiente digital atual, a palestra examina como algoritmos, indignação, gatilhos emocionais e manipulação narrativa afetam a vida cotidiana. O argumento central é que a inteligência, por si só, não protege contra a manipulação, pois as pessoas são mais vulneráveis quando emoção, medo, esperança, pertencimento e identidade se cruzam.

• Lições sobre propaganda e narrativas de zonas de conflito
• Como algoritmos e indignação influenciam crenças
• Por que emoção e identidade aumentam a vulnerabilidade

For more than two decades, Paula has reported from some of the world’s most dangerous conflict zones - Gaza, Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine, Libya and beyond - where information can be as powerful as weapons themselves. In war zones, survival depends on understanding narratives: propaganda, emotional triggering, fear, identity, and the stories people are persuaded to believe. For years, she believed information warfare belonged mainly to politics, governments, extremist groups, and digital platforms. This talk explores what happens when the battlefield moves beyond geography and politics and into everyday human experience. Drawing on lessons from physical war zones and today’s digital information environment, it examines how algorithms, outrage, emotional activation, and narrative manipulation increasingly blur the boundaries between public warfare and private vulnerability. At its core, this talk argues that intelligence alone does not protect us from manipulation. Human beings are most vulnerable when emotion, hope, fear, belonging, and identity intersect. Global War Correspondent Information Warfare Specialist & International Speaker Founder | Newshound Media International From Gaza to Ukraine, war correspondent Paula Slier has spent more than two decades reporting from the world’s frontlines, where she discovered that the world’s oldest weapon isn’t technology or propaganda, but human emotion. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx