#Critical Thinking
4 episodes-
Gaming IV - Players or Pawns
In this, the fourth episode of our gaming saga featuring gaming enthusiast Shaday Agosto-Vázquez, we explore why play isn't just something that children do; it's a fundamental mechanism of human life. From kids who invent games to cope with the world, to adults navigating layered systems of rules, incentives, and power, gaming reveals to us how society actually functions.
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Cannibalism Capitalism, Control & Consciousness
In this reflective and deep episode of Positively Pedestrian, our hosts discuss the importance of purpose in community, the downfall of morality, and tools to identify misinformation. They question everything from transactional culture to information filtering, while dreaming of a new form of education and societal structure that fosters critical thinking skills. Join us on our journey to explore the ties between purpose and community, information diets, and finding the solution to misinformation.
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Faith, Fear, & Flat Earth
In this engaging and insightful episode of Positive Pedestrian, the hosts delve into a wide range of topics, including critical thinking, conspiracy theories, religion, science, and social influence. They tackle infamous theories such as the flat Earth theory and the idea of living in a simulation, while also discussing Christian nationalism, the ethics of ADHD diagnoses, and modern identity politics. Join us for a dose of skepticism, a few puns, and a deep dive into various religious ideologies. This episode encourages listeners to reflect on why they hold certain beliefs and how societal narratives shape those beliefs.
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Tiers of Wealth, Justice & Subjective Reality
In this episode of Positively Pedestrian, we discuss, an arc of topics from the Pope as an apologist, for fraud waste and abuse to the Sackler family profiting from much the same, and offering the same sort of tacit, and weak apology. From there we look at history and access to information. Visualizing wealth distribution, alongside a world of unparalleled productivity, speed and scale. We talk about the lives of the independently wealthy, those who own the means of production. Proffering a tiered model of wealth and justice. We conclude by offering up a list of tools that can shift the balance of power and a proposal for a Community College class to disseminate it.
