As opposed to manufacturing consent, we must think of “manufacturing doubt,” a point made in the documentary Merchants of Doubt. The reference to the documentary I just picked up in this course on iAi TV, on “Rhetoric and Reality”.

Synchronicity:

• Videos of things that sounds like other things (Phil Collins’ “In The Air Tonight” occurs frequently in nature!)

I found a new website that I am going to try to read through over time – Reading the China Dream.

Culture

• Macka B tells us about the benefits of cucumber

Geopolitics

• Adam Tooze, professor of history at Columbia, provides a rich overview of the geopolitics of US- China relationships, as well as the politics that underlie the climate change policy choices that countries will have to make in the next coming decades.

Comedy:

Uncle Roger DISGUSTED by this Egg Fried Rice Video

Education:

iAi TV’s course on the philosphy/metaphyics of quantum theory, by Tim Maudlin (needs sign up for 1 month free trial.)