THE VIDEO SHELF · sensemaking and information ecology
The War on Sensemaking, Daniel Schmachtenberger
Daniel Schmachtenberger discusses why the information ecology is damaged and what healthy public sensemaking would take. The conversation ties this to the meaning crisis and to improving discourse.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended to people interested in propaganda, misinformation and how to improve public discourse.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Rebel Wisdom
- Topic
- sensemaking and information ecology
- Format
- interview
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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The War on Sensemaking is a great series of videos on propaganda and the information ecology in the modern social media driven world. I highly recommend it. [VIDEO]
cdstyh on Hacker News · 2021-06
In Types of propaganda, propaganda techniques, and propaganda strategies (2017)I recommend you watch this lecture. It may change the way you think about people that question the narrative. [VIDEO]
cdstyh on Hacker News · 2021-06
In Conspiracy: In Theory and Practice> “Courage is the solution to despair. Reason can provide no answers.” –Ernst Toller (First Reformed, 2017) I’ve felt the despair of this article for a time (and the quote above gave me some peace), but some recent hope came from Daniel Schmachtenberger[1]. He postulates …
undershirt on Hacker News · 2019-10
In Reason Won't Save Us
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