Two Bit Geeks

Updated subscriber totals, exploring echo chambers, managing the meta-leash, the opt-in nature of truth and practicing good mental hygiene: Ped & Tom get into, under, and all up in the grill of everyone’s favorite internet sensation, Fake News. Discuss the podcast on Reddit. Support the podcast on Patreon. Meta Disclaimers, Before-we-Beginners [00:00] The President, the Pope and Mark Zuckerberg walk into a bar And the 2016 Oxford Word of the Year is… Tom will blow this bridge up if he has to What is “Fake News?” [06:13] Try an echo chamber on for size Craig Silverman’s landmark analysis This Video Will Make you Angry Why is it a problem for the modern human mind? [17:57] Be thankful Tom pulled on the meta-leash, dear listener Shakespeare distinguishes thing-value from human-value Not everyone is required to see Santa #theresAnXKCDForThat How do we protect ourselves from it? [39:04] Your mind’s instruction manual (404: Page Not Found) #theresAnXCKDForThatToo A practical, psychology-based take o