Throughout human history, the ability to access and control information has yielded means of great power over those less informed. From the invention of the printing press to the implementation of modern-day internet, the democratization of technology has exponentially increased the power of shared media, but often toward exploitative ends. The proliferation of authoritarian information structures has drained academic institutions and media organizations of their credibility and relevance, and as the control of information moves from the few to the many, assessing its reliability, relevance and the credibility of its sources has become increasingly challenging. The “Information Era” has succumbed to one of “Post-Truth.”