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Did An Alternate Reality Game Gone Wrong Predict The Rise of QAnon?

https://youtu.be/brijcd-8oWE In this fragment of SCHISM we interview the creator of ‘Ong’s Hat’, the first Alternate Reality Game, and ask what his experiences can teach us about the rise of QAnon. Is it possible that the ability to co-create and distribute our own narratives about reality could be altering its basic fabric? And has Noam Chomsky’s concept of ‘manufactured consent’ produced by centralized authority and corporate media now been outmoded by a new era of ‘manufactured dissent’, powered by networks, meme culture and supercharged shitposting? LINK: https://youtu.be/brijcd-8oWE
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Apocalypse Now

Science fiction has always been an outlet for our greatest anxieties. How the genre is exploring the reality of climate change. Plus: new words to describe the indescribable.

LINK: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments

‘I get censored four or five times a year’: Paul McCarthy, art’s virtuoso of vile

From inflatable excrement to a porn James Dean, McCarthy has delved into America’s dark side. But has reality finally overtaken his ketchup-smeared visions of corruption?

LINK: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/aug/04/paul-mccarthy-artist-america-alpine-stories

ONE TYPE OF ART CAN HELP YOU SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE IN LIFE – STUDY

“Something as fluid as enjoying art has demonstrable and measurable effects on how our mind works.”

STARING INTO THE SOOTHING LINES OF AN IMAGE THAT YOU CAN’T QUITE DESCRIBE is one of the joys of looking at abstract art. It turns out that it’s also one of the style’s major benefits. New research suggests that abstract art has qualities that can literally change our mindsets, and prompt us to let the minutia of day-to-day life fall away.

LINK: https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/abstract-art-mindset-study

A Five-Point Strategy to Oppose Russian Narrative Warfare

We don’t give a damn about the politics of all this Russian hand waving, we rather, present this as a learning opportunity regarding Narrative Warfare Tactics. 

This paper is intentionally written in narrative form rather than the usual linear strategy format. We are after all, talking about narrative warfare. It is also written as plain-spoken as possible so that everyone from policy-makers and national security strategy professionals through well-informed citizens can follow the discussion.

 

LINK: https://medium.com/@paulcobaugh/a-five-point-strategy-to-oppose-russian-narrative-warfare-56e0006aab2a