Is it valuable to actively engage with dissonant ideas? Should we uproot our understanding of how the world works? In this episode, Kris puts the idea of conspiracy theories into practical terms. How do we break out of tautological thinking? Why did the “Richard Gere gerbil” story gain such traction?
What is “Conspiracy Brain”? / Conspiracy as Metaphor / The Council Bluffs Scenario / Visualizing Patterns
Giorgio Agamben
Jim Marrs
Richard Gere and the Gerbil
David Icke’s lizard people
Angel City by Sam Shepard
James Purdy
Mark Lombardi
196 - Crafting Magic w/ Kent Axell
195 - The Crusonaut
194 - Stop Me If I Start Making Sense
193 - Travel vs. Tourism Part 3: Education as Tourism
192 - Travel vs. Tourism Part 2
191 - Travel vs. Tourism
190 - Representation vs. Reality
189 - Beneath the Neon (w/ Matthew O'brien)
188 - Storylistening
187 - Giving Each Other Language
186 - Thoughts on Waking
185 - A Meritocracy of Magic
184 - The Unspeakable Shadow of the Individual
183 - Lava Lamp Creativity
182 - A Bureaucracy of Ghosts
181 - The Memory Game
180 - Keep Them on the Phone
179 - Why Do We Have to Do Things that We Do Not Want to Do?
178 - Frozen Vikings Off Route 66
177 - Time Has Died
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