Re: THE Q IN QONSPIRACY: QAnon as a Paradigm for Future Social-media-driven Conspiracism

2021-03-16 Thread Keith Sanborn
Thanks! > On Mar 16, 2021, at 10:11 AM, Tatiana Bazzichelli wrote: > > Dear all, > > I answer to Keith's question writing to the whole list because it might > interest other people, too. If you would like to listen to the > conversation of last Friday, THE Q IN QONSPIRACY, with Wu Ming 1, >

Re: THE Q IN QONSPIRACY: QAnon as a Paradigm for Future Social-media-driven Conspiracism

2021-03-16 Thread Tatiana Bazzichelli
Dear all, I answer to Keith's question writing to the whole list because it might interest other people, too. If you would like to listen to the conversation of last Friday, THE Q IN QONSPIRACY, with Wu Ming 1, Florian Cramer and myself, you can find the video here:

Re: THE Q IN QONSPIRACY: QAnon as a Paradigm for Future Social-media-driven Conspiracism

2021-03-12 Thread Max Herman
Hi David, Myth is game is play. It's the use of the imaginative faculties upon completable tasks. The first instinct! It's where we get our dopamine and, when groups are involved, our oxytocin. Conservatives always fed their base a pack of lies and expected infinite docile consumption.

Re: THE Q IN QONSPIRACY: QAnon as a Paradigm for Future Social-media-driven Conspiracism

2021-03-12 Thread Tatiana Bazzichelli
Dear all, thank you for this great feedback, I hope to see you online later today so we can bring some questions over :) All the best! Tatiana On 11.03.21 17:38, Max Herman wrote: > > Hi David, > > Myth is game is play.  It's the use of the imaginative faculties upon > completable tasks. 

Re: THE Q IN QONSPIRACY: QAnon as a Paradigm for Future Social-media-driven Conspiracism

2021-03-11 Thread James Wallbank
I echo David's enthusiasm for this subject. It may also be worth considering the question of the nature of belief. Many apparent extremists (I'm aware of both Brexit super-fans and Q-adjacent Trump enthusiasts, who say, "Well, we know that such-and-such isn't literally true, but we sympathise

Re: THE Q IN QONSPIRACY: QAnon as a Paradigm for Future Social-media-driven Conspiracism

2021-03-11 Thread d . garcia
Very much looking forward to this discussion... The approach of Q's followers (along with myriad other conspiracy theorists) reflects the Ninth lesson from historian Timothy Snyder’s text ‘On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons for the 20th Century’ which begins with the sentence: ‘Investigate. Figure

THE Q IN QONSPIRACY: QAnon as a Paradigm for Future Social-media-driven Conspiracism

2021-03-11 Thread Tatiana Bazzichelli
Dear all, I would like to invite you to take part in a conversation with Wu Ming 1, Florian Cramer and myself tomorrow afternoon (March 12), as part of our Disruptive Fridays series, at 5PM CET. We can get questions from the audience via chat. Read more here (and go to the chat):