E Newsletter

E Newsletter

Executive Newsletter
Sep
09
Jacinda Ardern Was Wrong on Disinformation at the U.N.

Jacinda Ardern Was Wrong on Disinformation at the U.N.

Censorship is not the answer to dis- and misinformation—better education on critical thinking is.
14 min read
Sep
05
How Many People Are You Willing to Kill to Get Your Way?

How Many People Are You Willing to Kill to Get Your Way?

Well? Do you have a number? Does Zelensky? Or, as Madeleine Albright once replied to a similar question, "The price is worth it"?
15 min read
Apr
17
I asked Bing Chat to generate Bingyu (you can see a tiny "b")

Bing Chat Just Scared Me

AI makes shit up and tells me I'm confused. Or does she? Implications of Sydney's creative mode on perception of truth, research, public opinion. Reads like Sci-Fi.
25 min read
Mar
28
Socrates, Plato's Dialogues

Starting Dialogues

PSA: Update on the progress + introducing Dialogues. Geopolitics and geo-economics. The Salisbury Skripal novichok affair.
5 min read
Feb
17
Ukrainian Myths and Myth-Conceptions

Ukrainian Myths and Myth-Conceptions

Busting myths and misconceptions about Ukraine that are promoted by the propaganda machinery of the Western media, Western politicians, and the Kyiv regime—and offering a more helpful narrative. It's an unthankful job to fight BS, but has to be done.
85 min read
Feb
08
The LinkIn Lawyer: Unprofessional Network

The LinkIn Lawyer: Unprofessional Network

What's the point of LinkedIn? Their brand problem and their unprofessionalism. Censorship and brand value impacts.
20 min read
Feb
01
Goebbels, Brand Management, and Genocidal Myth Making

Goebbels, Brand Management, and Genocidal Myth Making

Why did "Holodomor" myth took a real Soviet tragedy and turn it into a fake genocide? What does Goebbels have to do with brand management and the West's (anti-)marketing campaign of "Russia bad"?
33 min read
Jan
16
False Flags, False Narratives

False Flags, False Narratives

2014 Maidan, 2022 Mariupol and Bucha. One is a proven false-flag massacre perpetrated by the Ukrainian far-right. The others fit similar patterns. Having already made a case for why this is not a coincidence, I discuss further implications.
20 min read
Jan
10
A Dirty Dozen (Thinking Principles)

A Dirty Dozen (Thinking Principles)

How I process information: a dozen principles. This piece builds on the NY Times Disinformation article and expands the principles I apply when processing information.
24 min read
Dec
26
Happy Festivus 2022

Happy Festivus 2022

Personal thoughts on the festive season in 2022 and in general.
3 min read