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ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Why is politics irrational? Why are there blatantly deranged ideas in every level of media? Greater forces: psychology, mathematics, and economics, hold the answers. Join the adventure with Cactus Chu and discover the way out.
Update frequency:
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Average audio length:
24 minutes
English
United States
54 episodes
since July 6, 2020
episodic
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The Republican Party has learned how to pass state laws in the past few months. This time, it's not only on taxes and deregulation, but also social positions on education, sports, and abortion.
What does this mean for future elections? For internal media and political power? How will narratives ad…
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Cactus returns to writing and podcasting with his thoughts on Afghanistan, Iraq, 2008, and COVID - and how they play into the narrative of an era.
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There are two ways to come to a conclusion: through evidence and through social trust. The former is slow and the latter is easily abused. In what ways are social proofs responsible for the problems that we face? And is blockchain a true solution?
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Over time, even in circles dedicated to nuance and compromise, one absolute seems to rise: the distrust in institutions. The self-reinforcing mechanism that binds other political groups also binds these new ones; with the uniting goal heading ever closer to a universal cynicism. This is the most da…
In the past few decades, ideologies have become increasingly centered around oversimplified metrics. What does this mean for the world and the show?
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Cactus dispels past ideals of liberalism that cannot stand in the current information environment. Familiar topics arise, such as exponential network effects, insularization, the hierarchy of power-centralization and optimism.
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A very important episode.
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Why do partisans believe their representatives hold starkly different views? Is superficial media playing a role?
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Enron created shell corporations to hide a ponzi scheme. Media companies are doing the same with their trust and attention. Cactus debunks these tactics, and the actual racist conspiracy theory about the lab leak hypothesis, in this week's episode.
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Liz Cheney's ouster shows the extent of insular activism in the Republican party - it isn't a Democratic Party - exclusive phenomenon. But it's much harder to remove this incentive from a party than a company, as the former requires activism to exist and gain influence. Across history, political pa…
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