"The fiction is taken as truth because the fiction is badly needed." A quick introduction to Walter Lippmann and the commonality between him, Ellul, Bernays, Haidt, and Harari. People can't personally perceive the world beyond their own sliver of firsthand experience. Therefore, the Current Events Man is beholden, dependent upon, and therefore exploited by the propagandist and his digital distortions. If democracy is demands an "enlightened citizenry", it's likely doomed from the start. Paradoxically, there's a stab at some hope in here too. Weird.
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#114 - B for Boomerang
[Micropod] Our Great War
[Micropod] Social Media’s Ministry of Truth
#113 - Our November Surprise, TikTok, and Rocks From Uranus
#112 - Storytellers, Truth, and The Great War of the 21st Century
[Reload] Iceberg Ahoy! Validation Junkies & The Chosen Ones (9/10/19)
[Reload] Story: The Propaganda Paradox (5-9-20)
[Reload] All You Need Is Doubt (1/4/21)
#111 - Tribal By Nature & The Invasive Species
[Micropod] Murrow to FOX & CNN: From News to Monetized Propaganda
#110 - The Cost of Courage & The Limits of Anti-Vax Empathy
#109 - Backdoor Reparations & Unity Via Division
#108 - My Team Bullsh*t: Private Lives & Public Health
#107 - Social Media Avatars: Crazy, Stupid, or Full of Sh*t?
#106 - Political Cults & Mobs 101
#105 - Exploration, Evolution, Death of a Propagandist
#104 - Leaders, Puppets, Boils, and Show Trials
#103 - From Moralist to Tyrant or The Fanatic's Imperative
#102 - The Other Insurgency & Where's Our Hashtag?
#101 - Post-Trump Stress Disorder & Tech's Theocracy
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