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Nudge/Nudging: From the Thaler/Sunstein book, a framing of a social issue by governments or corporations that leads to a desired political or economic response. Nudging…

Widening Gyre: From the Yeats poem, a world where political polarization and economic disparities advance uncontrollably. Things Fall Apart Pt. 1

Rhinoceros: From the Ionesco play, someone who is transformed into an unthinking brute, typically along political party lines. The Welding Shut of the American Mind…

Narrative – The overarching ideas and stories that shape how we understand new information. The Manifesto Narrative Machine – The use of natural language processing…

Missionary – A famous person who creates common knowledge by stating something that everyone believes everyone else heard. A Game of Sentiment When Does the…

Meme – The building blocks of narrative; ideas with a virus-like lifecycle. This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things Controlling Your Cartoon: Nike and…

The Long Now – The pulling forward of the future through debt and narrative to create a world where only the present matters. The Long…

Industrially Necessary – The presentation of a necessary aspect of mass society as a desirable aspect of mass society. The Industrially Necessary Egg The Industrially…

Fiat News– The presentation of opinion as fact. Fiat Money, Fiat News The Fiat News Index

Raccoon – The scammers, con artists, hucksters, thieves and criminals who infest financial services. Too Clever by Half

Coyote – Smart people who miss the forest for the trees. They excel at the local game, but fail the larger social game. Too Clever…

Common Knowledge – Information that everyone knows that everyone knows. Sheep Logic Harvey Weinstein and the Common Knowledge Game

Cartoon – The selective (re)presentation of a selective presentation of information. Virtue Signaling…Or Why Clinton is in Trouble The Icarus Moment

BITFD – Burn. It. The. F#$k. Down. Our ET call for systemic change of society led from the bottom up. The Protection Racket pt1 Fell…