Category: Journal ISSN 1078-1935

Science, logic, consensus, and propaganda: a cartoon of reality

“At some point during the modern age of public relations, it occurred to governments and corporations that they could fabricate any sort of knowledge. For example, they could pretend to follow the scientific method, pretend to take all the right steps in proper sequence, and then attach the seals and certifications of approval, without ever doing actual science. It was quite an insight—much like the early discovery that a series of drawings could be filmed to create a moving cartoon. Much like the discovery that many people preferred cartoons over real actors…”(The Underground, Jon Rappoport)

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Wonderfully, this post addresses three subjects I track because I know they are important: metacognition and its role in infotention, augmented collective intelligence, and the relationship of human cooperation to social media.

Meta-Collaboration: Thinking With Another

Feeling the emotions of others, social acceptance, and cooperation are critical to our early development of the identity and industry stages. Author and motivational speaker Daniel Pink states that the future belongs to conceptual cooperative thinkers. He observes a definitive shift in the developed world from a logical/technical age to a conceptual age, which places a premium on knowledge. Pink believes that these conceptual skills include:

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On the basis of data everything in this report is true, and there is much more that could have been said along these lines. And I just can't express how much I hate saying that. Increasingly I have come to see this as a question of citizen involvement, and the choices made: whether to vote, and for whom to vote. We are a dysfunctional society, and we are going to keep getting worse until more people vote, and vote for wellness. The decline of an empire is not pretty. History is very clear on that point.

Here are 11 things other countries do way better than America

1. Food waste reduction   2. College loans   3. Maternity leave   4. Rights of the Earth   5. Wi-Fi service   6. Vacation time   7. Bike friendliness   8. Tipping practices   9. Metric System   10. Belief in science   11. Abortion rights