The McCarthy Era Redux - Paranoia to Pronoia
Sedge Thomson presents wisdom for these times. As the NY Times, the BBC, the Guardian, and others are sullied, keep your eyes on how public radio is treated. Weak leaders create fake enemies of the press and others.
ADAM CURTIS -- British filmmaker on the use of fear to rule. His documentaries include The Power of Nightmares, Hyper Normalisation. He studies the use of fear - and lies - that leaders use to mainipulate society;
ROB BREZNY, author of Pronoia, ways to find happiness in fraught times. The author proffers ways to look at the world for happiness and gratitude, in a clear-eyed way, glossed, but not Panglossian;
ADAM PHILLIPS - British psychiatrist on staying sane in disruptive times. He's learned much about human behavior and responses to provocation and the role of fear;
LAURENCE GONZALES - author of Deep Survival describes survival skills and how to anticipate danger. How does one think about the idea of survival in everyday life and prepare for extraordinary circumstances.
Sedge's flâneur files.