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And as you listen to these, think about the context these ideas were originally developed in, and how the changing information system I describe in disordered discourse relates to them.
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If you’re working on digital trust, democratic resilience, open-source investigation, or just trying to understand what the hell is going on—this playlist is for you.
These ideas shaped how I think. I hope they help shape how we fight.
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I’ve linked each episode to core ideas from my work on:
- Disordered discourse
- Institutional capture
- Public trust collapse
- University-based investigative hubs as a systemic response
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And finally, how we fight back:
• Nietzsche – rebuilding values after collapse
• Popper – defending the open society
• Freire – education as liberation
• Habermas – restoring public reason
• Nussbaum & Sandel – fear, resentment, and the need for justice
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Then into the structure of disordered discourse:
• McLuhan – the medium is the message
• The Frankfurt School – mass conformity and ideological control
• Foucault – how power produces “truth”
• Gramsci – how dominant narratives become common sense
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We start with the foundations:
• Plato – illusion vs. reality
• Lippmann & Dewey – who should shape public opinion?
• Baudrillard – when simulation replaces the real
• Chomsky – how media manufactures consent
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These episodes explore:
• How the truth is formed, and how it collapses
• Why reality becomes fragmented
• What makes people embrace falsehood
• And how we can rebuild shared understanding
It’s not just about theory—it’s a roadmap for repair.
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I think that's the key issue in the conflict [3]«.”
March 22, 2025
Endnotes:
[1] youtu.be/acvu2LBumGo?...
[2] x.com/SteveWitkoff...
[3] www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
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Source: Steve Witkoff in an interview [1] [2] with American propagandist Tucker Carlson3).
Quote: »Theyʼre Russian-speaking. There have been referendums where the overwhelming majority of the people have indicated that they want to be under Russian rule.
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„Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump's Special Envoy to the Middle East, has stated that the largest obstacles to resolving the war started by Russia are »the so-called four regions: Donbas, Crimea, you know the names, Luhansk and thereʼs two others«.
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I think that's the key issue in the conflict [3]«.”
March 22, 2025
Endnotes:
[1] youtu.be/acvu2LBumGo?...
[2] x.com/SteveWitkoff...
[3] www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
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Source: Steve Witkoff in an interview [1] [2] with American propagandist Tucker Carlson3).
Quote: »Theyʼre Russian-speaking. There have been referendums where the overwhelming majority of the people have indicated that they want to be under Russian rule.
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„Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump's Special Envoy to the Middle East, has stated that the largest obstacles to resolving the war started by Russia are »the so-called four regions: Donbas, Crimea, you know the names, Luhansk and thereʼs two others«.
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„The Office of Net Assessment opened more than 50 years ago and developed concepts for possible conflict with U.S. adversaries, including China.”
March 14, 2025
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„The Office of Net Assessment opened more than 50 years ago and developed concepts for possible conflict with U.S. adversaries, including China.”
March 14, 2025
𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕹𝖊𝖜 𝖄𝖔𝖗𝖐 𝕿𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖘 archive.ph/6Nvid
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Endnotes:
[1] www.newsweek.com/trump-voter-...
[2] people.com/ice-detains-...
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Considering the possibility of his wife’s deportation, [Bartell] revealed to the @Newsweek [1] that the possibility of moving to Peru has »crossed my mind« but he fears it would be too much for his son [2].”
March 21, 2025 02:15PM
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„Bradley Bartell’s wife, Camila Muñoz, who is Peruvian, was arrested at the airport as the couple returned from Puerto Rico in Feb. 2025.
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Endnotes:
[1] www.newsweek.com/trump-voter-...
[2] people.com/ice-detains-...
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Considering the possibility of his wife’s deportation, [Bartell] revealed to the @Newsweek [1] that the possibility of moving to Peru has »crossed my mind« but he fears it would be too much for his son [2].”
March 21, 2025 02:15PM
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„Bradley Bartell’s wife, Camila Muñoz, who is Peruvian, was arrested at the airport as the couple returned from Puerto Rico in Feb. 2025.
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„Trump to fire multiple Kennedy Center board members, name himself chair”
Feb. 8, 2025
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
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„Trump to fire multiple Kennedy Center board members, name himself chair”
Feb. 8, 2025
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
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Judge George O’Toole Jr., said that his injunction pausing the plan would continue until at least a court hearing Monday, when he will consider arguments on the legality of the buyout.”
Feb. 6, 2025
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/06/t...
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„A federal judge in Boston paused nationwide the Trump administration’s offer of buyouts to federal employees, less than 11 hours before the deadline for workers to accept the deal.
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Judge George O’Toole Jr., said that his injunction pausing the plan would continue until at least a court hearing Monday, when he will consider arguments on the legality of the buyout.”
Feb. 6, 2025
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/06/t...
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„A federal judge in Boston paused nationwide the Trump administration’s offer of buyouts to federal employees, less than 11 hours before the deadline for workers to accept the deal.