July 7, 2019

Influence: No, they don’t want to sell your data, it’s worse.

I recently read another comment containing the 'I don't want google getting more of my data to sell' and it reminded me of the question, 'why is your data valuable?', and the common myth that Facebook and Google etc want your data so they can sell it. They don't want to sell your data, but the reality, is more sinister: they want the power to change your thinking.

The Threat Of Gatekeepers: Extortion that drives inflation and eventually a dystopia?

Commenced: April 16, 2022

The internet was heralded as providing ‘disintermediation’, enabling everyone able to connect with everyone else directly. Yet, somehow, gatekeepers have emerged, controlling the ability to connect, and in many cases the potential to extort revenues for connecting people, with these additional additional fees resulting in increased prices and resultant inflation. Do we risk having legalised […]

Opportune Arguments: Confirmation Bias Weaponised.

Commenced: February 1, 2017

Most of us have heard of confirmation bias. Opportune arguments are like a weaponisation of Chinese whispers, where the message is intentionally changed before being passed on, with the goal of using peoples confirmation bias as a path through their defences. Start with a message accepted through confirmation bias by a person with one set of beliefs, but add a twist designed to cross belief systems. But who is being manipulated, those promoting the new message, or those receiving it?

Carbon Capture and Storage: When it works, and why it doesn’t for work ‘blue hydrogen’.

Commenced: February 20, 2022

There are both vocal supporters and vocal opponents of carbon capture and storage, and there are arguments for both sides. This page goes beyond reporting on how carbon capture and storage fails to make current 'blue hydrogen' projects sustainable, and looks at the underlying principle that dictates why carbon capture and storage, despite having genuine valuable applications, can never enable 'blue hydrogen' to be environmentally sustainable, but is so popular politically.

My Body My Choice: Polarization and Outrage, But Who Is Pulling The Strings?

Commenced: November 29, 2021

The whole “my body my choice” is perfect for polarisation, as you can be outraged because: People are being forced into medical choices for their own bodies. or People are making selfish choices that can cause harm to can harm others. Whatever you believe, “my body my choice” drives polarisation. I will look into each […]

All Free? The Tech Industry is so dumb!

Commenced: March 4, 2021

Initially, it seems the tech industry is just dumb. You could think: “So they get me to watch adds, and they collect my data. It is not like letting them collect my data is going to cost me anything! It is not like Facebook, Google, Instagram, WhatsApp etc have some way of getting their hands […]

Biden vs Trump: A World Changing US Election?

Commenced: October 2, 2020

The US has an election this November, with the possibility of the winner being decided by the US congress, and not by the election itself. I am even going to suggest this is the most likely of all outcomes. How this is even possible, as well as how each outcome would change the world is […]

Search: What Search Results do others see, and can search hurt me?

Commenced: September 16, 2021

Web searches give results tailored to you. Haver you ever wonder what other people see? Search Services Exist To Earn Money, And Show What They Want You To See. The Revenues Come From Providing ‘Tweaked’ and Biased Search Results and Information. Incognito or otherwise: Personalised Search Results (with bias) = Maximum revenue. Does the bias […]

Influence Industry / Free Tech / Social Media: Index

Commenced: March 5, 2021

There are claims that a range of web sites such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and even Google search, can be addictive and harmful in a number of ways, so I set out to explore the topic. The findings include the potential to brainwash an entire generation to become controlled by the AI behind social media, […]

Lessons from Trump: For The Democrats and the World

Commenced: October 17, 2019

I am not actually a fan of Donald Trump in the role of President of the USA. However I do feel there are lessons to be learnt from the fact that Trump won an election to be president of the USA, and I worry that neither the democratic party in the USA, nor the world […]

Microsoft and newspapers join forces to fight Google

Commenced: March 14, 2021

With the support of both Republicans and Democrats The Google/Facebook and fake news vs the press continues. I thought I would open a place to keep track of any further progress in the press vs influence industry battle. I will update this page as the story evolves and new info comes to hand. Ciciline’s bill, […]

The Google Persuasion: Delaying the inevitable?

Commenced: February 25, 2021

I recently explored thoughts on ‘should Facebook own the internet‘, and as I further explore, I thought that while much of what I posted also applies to Google, Google deserved their own post. Both Google and Facebook earn their revenue as ‘persuaders’, so it comes as no surprise that Google and Facebook have both tried […]

Alert: A seismic shift to right for Australia, signal of a worldwide problem

Commenced: August 22, 2018

Populist Coup has begun. Will the Coup really have impact beyond Australia? How? The Judgment of Solomon Populist Coup has Begun Today Australia took a key step in an inevitable seismic shift to the extreme populist right. With Trump in power in America, ‘Brexit’ in the UK, why does this matter on the world stage? […]

Brexit and Trump: Common Theme?

Date: June 24, 2016

I suggest there are two key points in common between the nomination of Donald Trump as the republican candidate, and the ‘Brexit’ vote in the United Kingdom: the failure of our economic system to deliver distribute of increased economic wealth a backlash against immigration Economics. The first point is that we have created a disconnect […]

ScoMo Ingenious EV Plan: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, leading climate action blocker, stretching the truth again?

Date: November 19, 2021

After a long history resisting action on climate change, the Australian government finally 'committed' to net zero by 2050, and then did an about face from their previous 'anti-EV' stance and announced support for electric vehicles. Or did they?

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Narrowcast disunity: where does it lead?

July 7, 2019 March 4, 2022

There was a news story recently, and I wondered , “if this is reported in other countries, how is it reported?”. In other words, how

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