Epicycles and Conspiracy Theories
James Lindsay explains epicycles and how we can learn to spot them to figure out which kinds of conspiracy theories are likely to be false.
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OnlySubs: A Rant Against Conspiracy Brain
We need to step back from the ledge of conspiracy brain, and in this episode, James Lindsay indulges in a fitting rant against the problem.
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Twenty-First Century Propaganda Is Interactive
In this important episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay explains a new form of propagandistic manipulation.
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OnlySubs: Cutting Back on Conspiracy Brain
We're being pushed into more conspiratorial thinking than the real conspiratorial situation warrants.
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OnlySubs: Stepping Back from the Fakeness of Social Media
In this episode of my subscribers-only podcast, I suggest a way to fundamentally change our relationship to just how fake social media is.
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What is Agitprop?
Host James Lindsay discusses the concept of agitprop to show you how to spot influence campaigns you might encounter online or in the news.
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We Are the Fake News Now
"We are the media now!" So we hear. Much of that media is social media, and social media is a psychological and political warfare battlespace. More than that, it's incredibly fake.
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