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"The Absolute Truth"—"a Drive-Through Narrative"

"The Absolute Truth"—"a Drive-Through Narrative"

Chay Bowes about propaganda, the Absolute Truth, the conflict in Ukraine, Russophobia, and more.

Geoffrey Miller: Why New Zealand Is Getting Closer to NATO

Geoffrey Miller: Why New Zealand Is Getting Closer to NATO

NZ inching closer to NATO. By Geoffrey Miller, the Democracy Project’s geopolitical analyst who writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues.

"She Knew It Was Gonna Succeed When She Saw the Portaloos Being Installed"

"She Knew It Was Gonna Succeed When She Saw the Portaloos Being Installed"

Johnny Miller on working for Iranian Press TV, Portaloos as protest success predictor, coming under Kyiv shelling in Donetsk, children on "kill lists", + much more.

Socrates, Plato's Dialogues

Starting Dialogues

PSA: Update on the progress + introducing Dialogues. Geopolitics and geo-economics. The Salisbury Skripal novichok affair.

"Propaganda at Its Most Innocent"

"Propaganda at Its Most Innocent"

Why propaganda? How propaganda? and What can you do? Oliver covers provable propaganda in Hollywood & the (predominantly) US media, with examples from Iraq (twice), Syria, Ukraine, & Russiagate. We also touch on modern leadership and Russophobia.

Iranian School Poisonings, Mexican Electoral Reform, Ukraine Narrative | Pick and Roll

Iranian School Poisonings, Mexican Electoral Reform, Ukraine Narrative | Pick and Roll

We break down the Western media coverage of Iranian school poisonings, Mexican Electoral Institute Reform, and Ukraine narrative changes.

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.

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.

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"?

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.

Mariupol & Bucha: Narrative v Reality

Mariupol & Bucha: Narrative v Reality

Who shot at the civilian humanitarian corridors in Mariupol? What really happened in Bucha? How to use critical thinking and game theory principles to sift through BS and separate reality from narratives.

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.

NY Times: Disinformation Central?

NY Times: Disinformation Central?

How I Lost Trust in the Western Mainstream Media and What to Do About It

Happy Festivus 2022

Happy Festivus 2022

Personal thoughts on the festive season in 2022 and in general.

2022 & 11/12-ths

2022 & 11/12-ths

New pricing, new content, geopolitics, international relations, foreign policy, Ukraine, personal story, mis- and disinformation, how to filter the news.

(Public) "What Can You Use a Screwdriver For?"

(Public) "What Can You Use a Screwdriver For?"

(Public) Do you know what people do with screwdrivers? Have you ever managed children at a party using "fun" objectives? Heard of Porsche's "strategic drift"? Tried to set boundaries in your relationships? All this and more…

(Public) "Measurement Is Creativity's Bizarre Half-Sister"

(Public) "Measurement Is Creativity's Bizarre Half-Sister"

(Public) 20% of the bees in the hive ignore the waggle dance. Why? What do the efficiency-oriented bee accountants say? How do you measure the RoI on the rogue bee activity? How is any of this relevant to innovation? Listen to Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy, to get the answers.

2022

And Just Like That… a Year Turns

And Just Like That… a Year Turns

(Public) A "Shiny Object" Syndrome

(Public) A "Shiny Object" Syndrome

Brand Architecture Primer: Branded Houses Are Dying Out

David Aaker (pictured) has been very prolific: Brand Identity Model, Brand Equity Model, Brand Relationship Spectrum… Here, we look at his Brand Relationship Spectrum.

Where We've Been, Where We're Going…

Where We've Been, Where We're Going…

(Public) "Don't Ask, 'What Would I Do in Their Shoes?'—Ask, 'What Would *They* Do in Their Shoes?'"

(Public) "Don't Ask, 'What Would I Do in Their Shoes?'—Ask, 'What Would They Do in Their Shoes?'"

How could Melissa Clark-Reynolds ONZM predict the pandemic collapse of seaports in the US? And Why is your board bad at strategy?—If you can answer these two questions, your firm would be much better off. (Abridged)

"Dogma Is the Enemy of Learning and Curiosity Is the Defence"

"Dogma Is the Enemy of Learning and Curiosity Is the Defence"

(Public) "It's Not the Place You Can Charge Into With Answers…"

(Public) "It's Not the Place You Can Charge Into With Answers…"