Are we creating the democratic utopia many naively envisioned at the Internet's birth? Or, are we descending into hell on Earth unleashed by informational anarchy and the freed, and anonymous, human beast? A prelude to my deep dive into Ellul's Propaganda, this episode begins with a description of the DIKW pyramid then moves on to how Plato's Illusion of Knowledge fable applies to the digital Matrix dominated by Social Media, Google, and ostentatious sophists posing as "influencers."
Also: a discussion ofDr. Elias Aboujaoude's stellar book Virtually You and a one-sided examination of the God-Devil duality lurking inside each of us. Like it? Share it!
The Social Dilemma: watch It! https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224
Dr. Eli: http://www.eliasaboujaoude.com
His book: https://www.amazon.com/Virtually-You-Dangerous-Powers-Personality/dp/0393340546
For the masochist: www.escapingthecave.com
#41 - Propaganda: Drunks In Denial
#40 - Propaganda: Righteousness & Simplicity
#39 - Wanted: Wokeflake Demagogue, Dignity And The Useful Idiot, Tyrannizing The Vanquished
#38 - Informational Anarchy & Deadly Insignificance
#37 - Propaganda: Intellectual Autonomy & Banishing Fabricants
#36 - Propaganda: Rationalization & The Religious Mind
#35 - Propaganda: Inseminating Zealots & Vicarious Atonement
#34 - Propaganda: Manufacturing Proselytes & Militants
#33 - Propaganda's Mindcrime
#32 - Spinning Mueller & The Sacred Cows
#31 - Humanist Puritans, Wokeflake Jesus, Manchurian Crusaders
#30 - Renouncing Patriotism And The Nationalist Boomerang
#29 - Guidance Is Internal
#28 - Wordknapping, Propaganda's Effects, A Reckoning
#27 - Propaganda: Agenda + Journalism
#26 - Broken Beasts of Intellectual Burden
#25 - Convulsive Twitch and The Damage Done
#24 - The Signal To Noise Ratio and A Digital Pretox
#23 - The Social Media Disease - Distraction Sickness, Electronic Eyes, Thought Shaming
#22 - Pick Your Authoritarian Wisely
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