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Jacinda Ardern Was Wrong on Disinformation at the U.N.
Censorship is not the answer to dis- and misinformation—better education on critical thinking is.
Critical Thinking
Season 3 The Geopolitically Propagandistic One
"Better World Is Possible & We Can Help Create It"
Esha Krishnaswamy of Historic.ly on imperialism, communism, Bernie Sanders, Republicans vs Democrats, AOC, and her first impressions of Russia…
E Newsletter
Bing Chat Just Scared Me
AI makes shit up and tells me I'm confused. Or does she? Implications of Sydney's creative mode on perception of truth, research, public opinion. Reads like Sci-Fi.
E Newsletter
Starting Dialogues
PSA: Update on the progress + introducing Dialogues. Geopolitics and geo-economics. The Salisbury Skripal novichok affair.
A podcast
"Propaganda at Its Most Innocent"
Why propaganda? How propaganda? and What can you do? Oliver covers provable propaganda in Hollywood & the (predominantly) US media, with examples from Iraq (twice), Syria, Ukraine, & Russiagate. We also touch on modern leadership and Russophobia.
E Newsletter
Goebbels, Brand Management, and Genocidal Myth Making
Why did "Holodomor" myth took a real Soviet tragedy and turn it into a fake genocide? What does Goebbels have to do with brand management and the West's (anti-)marketing campaign of "Russia bad"?
B Log
Mariupol & Bucha: Narrative v Reality
Who shot at the civilian humanitarian corridors in Mariupol? What really happened in Bucha? How to use critical thinking and game theory principles to sift through BS and separate reality from narratives.
E Newsletter
A Dirty Dozen (Thinking Principles)
How I process information: a dozen principles. This piece builds on the NY Times Disinformation article and expands the principles I apply when processing information.
B Log
NY Times: Disinformation Central?
How I Lost Trust in the Western Mainstream Media and What to Do About It