Patterns of Deception and Deviance in the Post-Truth Period | Prof Daniel Broudy

This presentation draws upon scholarship in communication theory and cognitive science as an effort to unfold and clarify the various ways in which deceptions are carried out by powerful organizations in the public discourse. Refining our powers of observation so as to recognize the major patterns of deception, it is argued, will have positive effects in our attempts to build solid intellectual self-defenses against further propaganda campaigns.

The Unsolved Mysteries Of Jesus Christ | Secrets Of Christianity | Parable (2022)

Simcha Jabocovici investigates three incredible archaeological discoveries that reshape our understanding of Jesus Christ and Christianity itself. Was there another Messiah before Jesus? Have the real nails from the crucifixion been found? Did Jesus spend half of his ministry on a lost voyage across the Mediterranean?

What The Muslims Want/What The Muslims Believe | Hon. Elijah Muhammad

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Cypherpunks Write Code

In the early 1990s, a group of mathematicians, misfits, hackers, and hobbyists calling themselves "the cypherpunks" came together around a shared belief that the internet would either demolish society's artificial walls or lay the groundwork for an Orwellian state. They saw cryptography as a weapon against central planning and surveillance in this new virtual world.

The philosophical and technical ideas explored on the cypherpunks' widely read email list, which launched in 1992, influenced the creation of bitcoin, WikiLeaks, Tor, BitTorrent, and the Silk Road. The cypherpunks anticipated the promise and the peril that lay ahead when the internet went mainstream, including new threats to privacy and the possibility of building virtual platforms for communication and trade that would be impervious to government regulators.