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Category Archives: Internet
The Mother of the Soldiers: Rachel Edry and the Hero System of the Table
Five men come through the windows of the house in Ofakim a little after seven on the morning of October 7, 2023. They carry rifles and grenades and they tell Rachel Edry (b. circa 1958) and her husband David (1955-2024) … Continue reading
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Your Real World Is Where You Are Your Best Self
For many people with dissident views, their online life is more real than their in person life because online they get to say what they really think and have the conversations they can’t have in real life where they conform … Continue reading
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Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality
Renee DiResta writes in her new book: * when attorney – turned – speechwriter Michael Benz set his sights on convincing American conservatives that a vast collusion operation had deprived Donald Trump of his rightful victory in 2020… Despite his … Continue reading
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Decoding Doxxing (6-10-24)
01:00 The Far Right’s New ‘Badge of Honor’, https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/06/doxxing-far-right-influencers-anonymity/678645/03:00 Mark Lilla on left v right, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea0f_wCYW7Y20:30 DTG on the lab leak hypothesis, https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/supplementary-materials-7-lab-leak-discourse-toxic-youtube-dynamics-and-the-metaphysics-of-peppa-pig31:00 Problematic, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15541737:10 10 Days That Shaped Modern Canada (w/ Aaron Hughes, author), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlcYkFZn19k44:00 Elliott Blatt joins the … Continue reading
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Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the E-Personality (12-7-23)
03:00 Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the E-Personality, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=12146404:00 JF Gariepy’s advice to the new streamer39:30 How do you develop a good epistemic network? https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus/posts1:00:00 The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins 1:08:00 Communicating facts vs enhancing relationships 1:13:00 Lex … Continue reading
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Decoding Justin Murphy (8-28-23)
01:00 My cliffs of Bondi Beach story, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14924405:00 The Art of Noticing | Steve Sailer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkL6G3xlCBo08:00 Curious Gazelle hosts Justin Murphy, https://twitter.com/CuriousGazelle/status/169632640816161217110:00 Talking to friends about heavy issues12:30 Justin Murphy is 37, he doesn’t go to church high , https://jmrphy.net/13:30 … Continue reading
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How Livestreaming Made Me A Better Man
Dispensing your opinions online tends to degenerate most people as they develop an e-personality that corrodes their real life. I started blogging in 1997 and I’ve experienced my share of the perils of the e-personality (carelessness, impulsiveness, thoughtlessness, self-aggrandizement, audience … Continue reading
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Social Media
From the Washington Post: “Real human connections create a virtuous cycle. Burnett explains that face-to-face interactions typically are more rewarding than online conversations because they activate more parts of the brain. “You’re looking at someone’s facial expression; you’re getting empathy … Continue reading
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The Reaction Economy
From the LROB: * Talent shows such as The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing revolve around the facial reactions of celebrity judges; figures such as Simon Cowell are specialists in the manipulation of an eyebrow or the spontaneous look … Continue reading
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How many upper class people are live streamers?
At least in England, and perhaps in parts of America, the upper and lower classes don’t generally want publicity while the middle class crave it. Who are the biggest aristocratic live streamers, podcasters and reality show participants? Which English lords … Continue reading
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