Navigating the New(s) Information Highway

In this 1st episode, I discuss the concept of the "Santa Claus Effect"- confronting why we believe what we believe when it’s getting challenged. I highlight the sequential similarities that exist when comparing the process as an Adult vs as a Child, explore how the process is exponentially harder to go through as an Adult than it is as a Child, and discover why it's important to recognize this process happening within and around us each day, as well as in the past, and certainly in the future. I set the stage for what this podcast mini-series is going to be about.

We then authentically & candidly dive into the first topic in the series- Information, the flow of Information, “the news”, how it’s controlled, how it's ran, the origins of “conspiracy theory”, the appearance of Truth and what that looks like, etc. I provide perspective- but don't go too deep that you get overwhelmed- to get you to wonder, critically think for yourself, consider doing your own research, and coming to your own conclusions in a sovereign way.

All with guiding principles of best health, unity, humor, and safe space being our playing field.

References found at https://heath.zone/asce-episode-1-show-notes:

• 9’ Laura Aboli talks insightfully & thoughtfully about going through the “ASCE” process, and how it’s a great thing; Alec Zeck and The Way Forward
• 20’ Thomas Sowell quote
• 27’ Carl Sagan “bamboozled” quote
• 33’ News Headlines say “don’t do you’re own research”
• 46’ examples of wanting something to be true: Global population
• 46’ examples of wanting something to be true: Carbon dating
• 50’ “It’s just a little bit of…"
• 57’ Prince quote- “battlefield is in the mind and the prize is the soul”
• 58’ average 11 hours/day consuming media
• 60’ time graph of tech advances
• 62’ media controlled by a few
• 66’ 3 companies own them all
• 66’ CIA testimony to US House
• 67’ ex CIA talks about news integration
• 72’ how apps are design
• 75’ Thomas Jefferson said: “An informed citizenry is at the heart of a dynamic democracy”
• 78’ other search engines and aggregators of information: DuckDuckGo, Brave, Yandex, and others
• 78’ my Telegram channel
• 80’ Project Veritas and OMG stories
• 83’ “paid for by…”
• 87’ book by Bernard Goldberg, “Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News”
• 131’ trust in news down
• 93’ side by side… Rogan v Gates and Microchip and Ghost of Kiev doesn’t exist and someone killed twice
• 96’ Afghan airport run being something else; and Video game instead of real coverage
• 99’ Vivek exposing media
• 100’ the Wrap Up smear
• 101’ random acts of kindness snowball effect

Intro Music: Pulsating Resonance by luvenis. Free music from Pixabay