Send us a text SYNOPSIS Brandon Schauer from Rare, a conservation nonprofit, talks to Rachel and Dan about ways to modify behavior to help save the planet. Climate change and its solutions are often too big for an individual person to connect with, so Brandon has developed strategies to meet people where they are. These strategies short-circuit climate misinformation altogether. STORIES Banana propaganda Annalee Newitz’s book Stories Are Weapons The 1954 Guatemalan Coup (Wikipedia)NPS, t...
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Send us a text SYNOPSIS Brandon Schauer from Rare, a conservation nonprofit, talks to Rachel and Dan about ways to modify behavior to help save the planet. Climate change and its solutions are often too big for an individual person to connect with, so Brandon has developed strategies to meet people where they are. These strategies short-circuit climate misinformation altogether. STORIES Banana propaganda Annalee Newitz’s book Stories Are Weapons The 1954 Guatemalan Coup (Wikipedia)NPS, t...
Episode 5: Disinformation and cognitive bias, with David Dylan Thomas
Unchecked: The architecture of disinformation
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Episode 5: Disinformation and cognitive bias, with David Dylan Thomas
Send us a text SYNOPSIS David Dylan Thomas joins Rachel and Dan to talk about cognitive biases. David explains the fundamental attribution error, the framing effect, and the confirmation bias. All of these contribute to a skewed perception in which a person’s misconceptions about the world can be reinforced or exploited. The conversation leads Rachel to suggest the lens of manipulation and Dan the lens of belonging. + + + STORIES OF DISINFORMATION Mary Toft Dan quotes from Mary Toft; or the R...
Unchecked: The architecture of disinformation
Send us a text SYNOPSIS Brandon Schauer from Rare, a conservation nonprofit, talks to Rachel and Dan about ways to modify behavior to help save the planet. Climate change and its solutions are often too big for an individual person to connect with, so Brandon has developed strategies to meet people where they are. These strategies short-circuit climate misinformation altogether. STORIES Banana propaganda Annalee Newitz’s book Stories Are Weapons The 1954 Guatemalan Coup (Wikipedia)NPS, t...
