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Escape the Echo Chamber
Escape the Echo Chamber First you don’t hear other views. Then you can’t trust them. Your personal information network entraps you just like a cult Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images Something has gone wrong with the flow of information. It’s not just that different people are drawing subtly different conclusions from the same evidence. It seems like different […]
How & Where Can Preppers Store All That Information?
How & Where Can Preppers Store All That Information? Information Collection for the Prepper – Part 2 Most of the information discussed in these articles will be electronic files – specifically PDF and TIF files. This article will discuss how to safely store these files and use them before and after the SHTF. Portable Storage […]
Why Every Prepper Group Needs an Information Specialist (and How to Start Collecting Information)
Why Every Prepper Group Needs an Information Specialist (and How to Start Collecting Information) Many preppers gather into groups of like-minded people to provide skills and equipment they themselves don’t have. One position or skill that is often overlooked is that of the “Information Specialist.” “Someone who wants senior command should cultivate a lively curiosity. […]
Most of what you’re going to read today is pointless.
Most of what you’re going to read today is pointless. We spend hours consuming news because we want to be well informed. But is that time well spent? News is by definition something that doesn’t last. And as news has become easier to distribute and cheaper to produce, the quality has decreased. Rarely do we […]
Ye shall know them by their fruits (Matthew 7:16)
Ye shall know them by their fruits (Matthew 7:16) Google eyes Recently it was my birthday (I’m not going to say what date that was, for reasons which will become clear later) and when I did a Google search, I was surprised to find a “Happy Birthday” greeting from Google, complete with an image of candles. […]
The Battle for Truth
2018 Edelman Trust Barometer The Battle for Truth As we begin 2018, we find the world in a new phase in the loss of trust: the unwillingness to believe information, even from those closest to us. The loss of confidence in information channels and sources is the fourth wave of the trust tsunami. The moorings of […]
Assange Keeps Warning Of AI Censorship, And It’s Time We Started List
Assange Keeps Warning Of AI Censorship, And It’s Time We Started Listening Throughout the near entirety of human history, a population’s understanding of what’s going on in the world has been controlled by those in power. The men in charge controlled what the people were told about rival populations, the history of their tribe and […]
The Collapse of Media and What You Can Do About It
The Collapse of Media and What You Can Do About It Photo by Poster Boy | CC BY 2.0 When a system enters into the final stage of its deterioration – whether that is an institutional system, a state, an empire, or the human body – all the important information flows that support coherent communication […]
Information or Disinformation? Only 32 Percent of Americans Trust the Media
Information or Disinformation? Only 32 Percent of Americans Trust the Media The News Leaders / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 A Gallup Poll released this week shows the largest decline in trust in the media since the organization started asking the public’s opinion on the subject in 1972. Conducted with people over 18, across 50 states, only 32 percent […]
6 Giant Corporations Control The Media, And Americans Consume 10 Hours Of ‘Programming’ A Day
6 Giant Corporations Control The Media, And Americans Consume 10 Hours Of ‘Programming’ A Day If you allow someone to pump hours of “programming” into your mind every single day, it is inevitable that it is eventually going to have a major impact on how you view the world. In America today, the average person […]
The ‘Anti-Knowledge’ of the Elites
The ‘Anti-Knowledge’ of the Elites Exclusive: It’s fairly easy to spot the “anti-knowledge” spouted by the Tea Party and the Religious Right’s favorite candidates, but a more subtle form of reality-deprived “group think” pervades America’s elites though it is rarely noted in the polite circles of the mainstream media, writes Mike Lofgren. In a previous piece, I […]
Human Permaculture: Some Ideas On How To ‘Seed’ Information For Fertile Results
Human Permaculture: Some Ideas On How To ‘Seed’ Information For Fertile Results SEEDS AND STORIES In my previous article, ‘Human Permaculture: Looking at Migration as Flow to Solve Problems’ (1), I explored how we can apply permaculture water-designs to help people who are ‘flowing’ from one place along particular pathways to reach the destinations suitable for them […]
In the Public Interest: Monsanto and Its Promoters vs. Freedom of Information
In the Public Interest: Monsanto and Its Promoters vs. Freedom of Information A protester holds a placard during a march in New York. (Waywuwei / CC BY-SA 2.0) Next year, the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) will celebrate its 50th anniversary as one of the finest laws our Congress has ever passed. It is a vital […]
Government Is Using Secrecy As a Weapon
Government Is Using Secrecy As a Weapon “Everything Secret Degenerates” Everyone knows Lord Acton’s famous quote: Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. But few have heard this equally profound quote from Lord Acton: Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and […]
