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Symbol Symbolism

29 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments naykdhodlr

Found ramblings from those of epoch long gone etched into stone, or pigmented onto hidden cave walls intended for future curious minds to discover, or are they purely symbols lost of their true meaning to interpret? Symbol Symbolism Ancient scripted...

The Problems I Have with Social Media in General, and Fartloaf in Particular

28 Jun 2021 7 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

"If you are kinky, where would you go that isn't sleazy as hell and way more of a meat market than there?", you asked. Well, that is a pertinent question, isn't it? There's certainly not a shortage of sites made by former members of FL's community,...

Altermail - the world's first private and secure email/chat service based on Blockchain

1 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments ALTERdapp

   What is Privacy? In general, privacy refers to the right to be left alone, as well as the freedom from interruption or intrusion. The right to have some control over how your personal information is gathered and utilized is known as information pr...

Agenda Setting Theory and the Hostile Media Effect

14 May 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Maximilian Brichta

Agenda-setting is “the ability to influence the salience of topics on the public agenda” (McCombs and Reynolds 1). Rather than telling the public what to think, mass media curates which issues to think about. As Walter Lippmann would have it, the med...

Information Technology is improving our communication skills (learn about)

5 May 2021 1 minute read 1 comment mgtheo

To start, my opinion for “Information Techology is improving our communication skills” is rather positive. For me the technology is an incredible advance for the communication, it allows to enrich intellectually and allows to open opportunities on to...

Epistemic Violence

20 Apr 2021 2 minute read 1 comment Maximilian Brichta

States can exercise violence over their people in at least three ways: Instrumentally (through police, military, corrections), structurally (through social organization that grants power and privilege to some while depriving others), and epistemicall...

Cognitive Dissonance: An Introduction

5 Apr 2021 13 minute read 0 comments Maximilian Brichta

The theory of cognitive dissonance, introduced by American social psychologist Leon Festinger in 1957, proved to be pivotal in how we generate research on human behavior (Cooper, 2007; Harmon-Jones & Mills, 1999). Ironically, this groundbreaking theo...

Institute of Oratory as Practical Philosophy

3 Apr 2021 5 minute read 0 comments Maximilian Brichta

Quintilian’s Institutio Oratoria is hard to define in terms of genre. It can be read as a justified curriculum for teaching oratory, a philosophy of education, or even a handbook on pedagogy in general. I contend that Quintilian’s Institutio Oratoria...

The Spiral of Silence And Intellectual Politics

30 Mar 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Maximilian Brichta

        Noelle-Neumann's spiral theory starts with the assumption that social belonging is more important than the perceived ability to express one’s own judgment. A sense of fear or insecurity about one’s own capacity to make judgements can arise fr...

SpaceX: Preparing to Ramp Up Military Connection

13 Mar 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Cje95

Today it came out that SpaceX and the US military were ready to take their relationship to the next level. A huge development is that the United States Air Force is preparing to test linking military aircraft to the Starlink Constellation. This if it...