April 29, 2019

S01:E05 "...for who?"

Tactical framing is making us stupider, even if some of us are Masters of Science.

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Science Master v. Science Bachelor

Do you display your degree?

We don’t.

Monty Don

Dirty Dressing - The Guardian

Why Monty Don is my new style hero - The Jackal

Old Town

Spice Mix Talk

Against Pepper - SLATE

Tactical Framing Is Making Us Dumber

Why you still don’t understand the Green New Deal - VOX on YouTube

“Just let the bomb explode, it’s too difficult to diffuse” is a helluva position to be considered moderate.

A thought technology to avoid the trap of tactical framing: append any assertions that are made like, “this will be too drastic”, or “this is too expensive”with the question: “for who?” Or, “to who?”

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

SXSW 2019 - YouTube](https://youtu.be/JU-SE5eNt04)

“The idea that political will is our greatest obstacle should be the most embarrassing thing to us.”

“I think one of the keys to dismantling fear is dismantling a zero-sum mentality…What does that mean? It means the rejection outright of the logic that says that someone else’s gain necessitates my loss—and that my gain must necessitate someone else’s loss.”

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