(Now is) The Winter of Our Discontent

"Post Truth; Uncouth” - Discontented in the Winter of 2020; [Rainstorm Brainstorm, Episode 10] Time: 3am Condition: Clear, Moonlit, 40 degrees Location: (Austin, TX) Guests: none [Topic:] Exploring U.S. 2020 presidential election credibility as a demonstration of how fact and framing interact in the era of social media. Narrative Abstraction: Engagement-driven algorithmic media-marketing has led us to a spot where truth is harder than ever to objectify. // Eschewing the comforting patter of droplets on grass, Morgan ventures out into the woods near his house to engage in a Yuletide ritual with the Moon and its somber reflections. Once situated he discusses bothersome habit our culture has developed of DIS-engaging in RESEARCH and OVER-engaging in ASSUMPTION, and outlines a first step towards preserving discourse in the current political and economic climate. As a case study, he offers the topic of election credibility in the U.S. Somewhere a crow flies east as a thunderhead forms. //END E10 /references from cast -Bad Faith Podcast w/ Brianna Joy Gray & Virgil Texas: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-faith/id1531192509 -Common Sense w/ Dan Carlin: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/common-sense-with-dan-carlin/id155974141