Posted on January 28, 2020
by Alex V. Weir
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“All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” Is a rather famous aphorism. But how do you know that you are a good man? How do you know what you should do? I use this aphorism and…
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, UncategorizedTags: All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing., Discipline, Ethics, Foreign Policy, Freedom, Human Rights, Media, Principle, Public Discourse, Security, Thumos
Posted on June 15, 2019
by Alex V. Weir
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I’m basically shadowboxing Steven Crowder to make my points about public discourse. Please take my points with a grain of salt and watch Steven’s videos to form your own opinion. Not trying to be patronizing by stating the obvious. I just want it understood…
Posted on April 18, 2019
by Alex V. Weir
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Zoologists and climatologists have challenged the narrative portrayed by the new Netflix documentary ‘Our Planet.’ This documentary tied walruses jumping to their deaths to global warming without giving due consideration to alternative explanations. This very much seems to be a case of…
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Environment, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, UncategorizedTags: Climate, Documentaries, Flint, Flint Michigan, Global Warming, Media, NetFlix, News, Nitrification, Our Planet, Propoganda, Sensationalism, Walrus, Walruses, Water
Posted on September 9, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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Public discourse is vital to a free and open society. Effective public discourse faces many challenges. One such challenge is Pundits Disease – moralizing about pet issues from a high tower. Pundits and commentators whether mainstream or independent tend to be removed from direct…
Category: Philosophy, UncategorizedTags: Commentators, Current Events, Ideas, Media, News, Politics, Pundits, Talking Heads, Trends, Vlogs
Posted on March 11, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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The video below comes from ‘The Knife Media’ which seems to be taking a step in the right direction. They use a fairly good grasp of logical fallacies to point out the misleading tactics of big media companies and influential personalities. Their journalistic chops…
Posted on February 17, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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We have to judge the quality of our citizens by the quality of their ideas. There is such a thing as truth. If we want to find it we need to stop constantly psychoanalyzing each other. Facts and concepts are the meat and potatoes,…
Tag: Media
The Importance of Principle
Posted on January 28, 2020 by Alex V. Weir
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“All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” Is a rather famous aphorism. But how do you know that you are a good man? How do you know what you should do? I use this aphorism and…
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, UncategorizedTags: All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing., Discipline, Ethics, Foreign Policy, Freedom, Human Rights, Media, Principle, Public Discourse, Security, Thumos
Rhetoric vs Reality – My Media Philosophy (Vlog)
Posted on June 15, 2019 by Alex V. Weir
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I’m basically shadowboxing Steven Crowder to make my points about public discourse. Please take my points with a grain of salt and watch Steven’s videos to form your own opinion. Not trying to be patronizing by stating the obvious. I just want it understood…
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, UncategorizedTags: Media, Public Discourse, Steven Crowder
Sensationalism Buries Flint and Hampers Environmentalism (Vlog)
Posted on April 18, 2019 by Alex V. Weir
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Zoologists and climatologists have challenged the narrative portrayed by the new Netflix documentary ‘Our Planet.’ This documentary tied walruses jumping to their deaths to global warming without giving due consideration to alternative explanations. This very much seems to be a case of…
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Environment, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, UncategorizedTags: Climate, Documentaries, Flint, Flint Michigan, Global Warming, Media, NetFlix, News, Nitrification, Our Planet, Propoganda, Sensationalism, Walrus, Walruses, Water
March Medley|Crisis Culture, Cultural Marxism, and Updates
Posted on March 26, 2019 by Alex V. Weir
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A mixbag of topics. Sargon’s Video Email | mellow.mission.productions@gmail.com Minds | http://www.minds.com/Weirmellow
Category: Current Events, Philosophy, Social Commentary, UncategorizedTags: Cultural Marxism, Journalism, Media, Sargon of Akkad, Sensationalism, The Frankfurt School, Twitter
Fractal Radio | Episode 19 – Pundits Disease
Posted on September 9, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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Public discourse is vital to a free and open society. Effective public discourse faces many challenges. One such challenge is Pundits Disease – moralizing about pet issues from a high tower. Pundits and commentators whether mainstream or independent tend to be removed from direct…
Category: Philosophy, UncategorizedTags: Commentators, Current Events, Ideas, Media, News, Politics, Pundits, Talking Heads, Trends, Vlogs
A Good Sign?
Posted on March 11, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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The video below comes from ‘The Knife Media’ which seems to be taking a step in the right direction. They use a fairly good grasp of logical fallacies to point out the misleading tactics of big media companies and influential personalities. Their journalistic chops…
Category: UncategorizedTags: Ethics, Journalism, Media, Public Discourse, Social Commentary, The Knife Media, Tim Pool
TFJ Vlogs – Methods and Madness in Blue
Posted on February 17, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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We have to judge the quality of our citizens by the quality of their ideas. There is such a thing as truth. If we want to find it we need to stop constantly psychoanalyzing each other. Facts and concepts are the meat and potatoes,…
Category: Philosophy, Psychology, UncategorizedTags: Catharsis, Media, Paradigms, Public Discourse, Trends
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