• How to Cut Through BS Information
    Apr 10 2021

    The information age, although beneficial to mankind, can also create confusion and harm in a culture. What do you do when there is too much of it and you don't have sufficient filters to discern fact from BS? We need new tools to avoid being duped by disinformation, fake news, propaganda and straight-up lies. In this episode Jonesy goes over some of the ways in which you can help yourself avoid crapola in the information sphere by using tools like Occum's Razor and media literacy.


    LINKS, REFERENCES, RESOURCES

    Lies, Bullshit, and Fake News: Some Epistemological Concerns.

    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42438-018-0025-4


    Why People Fall for Bullshit, According to a Scientist.

    https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2015/12/3/9844480/why-people-believe-bullshit-science


    Americans Remain Distrustful of Mass Media

    https://news.gallup.com/poll/321116/americans-remain-distrustful-mass-media.aspx


    How to Combat Fake News and Disinformation

    https://www.brookings.edu/research/how-to-combat-fake-news-and-disinformation/


    What is Media Literacy and Why is it Important?

    https://www.commonsensemedia.org/news-and-media-literacy/what-is-media-literacy-and-why-is-it-important


    A Guide to Fact Checking Websites

    https://guides.stlcc.edu/fakenews/factchecking


    Occum's Razor

    https://youtu.be/skcCu4RUkAg


    Crash Course on Media Literacy (12 Part Video Series)

    https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH2l6uzC4UEXR5WRRSvaNfmCUYZtTaJeU


    Rube Waddell: The Legendary Lefty Lunatic

    https://youtu.be/kXuPQfv0ljY


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    26 mins
  • Why Don't We Vote With Our Smartphones?
    Nov 2 2020

    It's 2020 and we're still using paper ballots? We're still going to a physical poll site in the middle of a pandemic in order to participate in this archaic Democratic process? It's time we got our act together and used technology to usher in the future of voting, which will happen online and on our smartphones. In this special 2020 election episode of Free Your FN Mind Jonesy covers the benefits and barriers to voting online. He also breaks down why we no longer need the secret ballot. Hint: Google already knows who you're voting for.


    Sources:

    BBC - Has the time now come for internet voting? https://www.bbc.com/news/business-39955468

    MIC - Why can't we vote with our smartphones?

    https://www.mic.com/p/its-2020-why-cant-we-vote-with-our-phones-31979959

    Facebook knows your political affiliation

    https://www.wqad.com/article/news/local/drone/8-in-the-air/facebook-knows-your-political-affiliation-and-lots-of-other-stuff-heres-how-to-find-out/526-ab027e8f-71be-4cd0-b59a-31e2b44fcbcb

    Google guesses your political leanings

    https://qz.com/1753639/google-wont-tell-you-its-guess-about-your-politics/

    Washington Post - Abolish the secret ballot

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/01/06/want-to-improve-democracy-abolish-the-secret-ballot/

    Back when everyone knew how you voted

    https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2016/fall/feature/back-when-everyone-knew-how-you-voted

    Voatz - The road to online voting

    https://voatz.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Road-to-Online-Voting-Final.pdf


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    24 mins
  • Outliving Your Own Culture
    Jul 24 2018

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    27 mins
  • The Right to Vote
    Jun 17 2018

    In the light of Ohio's recent ruling to purge voters from the role for inactivity, other red states are looking to limit voter participation, which is the foundation of a true Democracy. In this episode, comedian Jonesy explains how democracy in the US is now just a polite fiction and that the interests of the citizens has been subverted by corporations and interest groups. He also suggests some changes to the voting process and looks ahead to a hopeful future of revolution and a re-establishment of a Government FOR the people BY the people. FOR SOURCES AND MORE INFO: https://jonesy.com/free-your-fn-mind/right-to-vote/

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    24 mins
  • The Gun Episode
    Oct 11 2017

    Comedian Jonesy, in a rare angry state, rails against assault weapons and the Government’s limp-dick approach to issues that, in the end, create a landscape where mass shootings will only continue. The question: “Will the government do anything about it?” The answer: Highly unlikely. So what’s to be done about it? SOURCES: Mass shootings in […]

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    16 mins
  • Culture is a Damn Nuisance with Terence Mckenna
    Sep 20 2017

    Jonesy introduces counter-cultural icon and lecturer, the late Terence Mckenna. The main crux of this portion of the lecture is that culture is an agreed upon illusion and a limitation on true human potential. Freeing yourself from the cultural boundaries is important in the process of becoming a free-thinking ever-potential unlimited individual. The Free Your […]

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    20 mins
  • Cops Shouldn’t Take Our Shit
    Aug 25 2017

    Comedian Jonesy covers Attorney General Jeff Sessions new directive on asset forfeiture where cops can take your assets without due process. This is unconstitutional AF. How do you feel about it?
    FOR MORE INFO/SOURCES: https://jonesy.com/free-your-fn-mind/cops-shouldnt-take-shit-episode-5/

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    16 mins
  • Public Executions Should be Routine!
    Jul 8 2017

    Comedian Jonesy explores the reasons we should consider public executions. Or at least get a discussion going about it. Also, "Super Gonorrhea" can't be cured and how our military just spent billions on some helicopters they can't even fly. FOR MORE INFO/SOURCES: https://jonesy.com/free-your-fn-mind/ep5-public-executions/

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    33 mins