You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVx7PABM6x4 Episode 38: UTOKing with Zak Stein (2) December 6, 2021 Title: Making Consilient Choices In Episode 38, Gregg welcomes back Dr. Zak Stein (see Episode 8<https://youtu.be/0I-pFcYkFZI>). Well-known in the metamodern space, Zak is educational philosopher and author of many well-known articles and essays, and the book Education in a Time Between Worlds: Essays on the Future of Schools, Technology, and Society<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FEducation-Time-Between-Worlds-Technology%2Fdp%2F0986282677&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHgu5O3IInAgqJSMfqgb8Vxs5q86A>. He is also a contributor to the Consilience Project<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fconsilienceproject.org%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNE-3VsDvs3a6MaML0Su0XUCYs3ucA>, where among other things he has taken a lead role on a powerful four-part series of essays on propaganda and the current social media environment (see here<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fconsilienceproject.org%2Fits-a-mad-information-war%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEBNSOvuT7gPZHuEFOog5OGp16dQA>, here<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fconsilienceproject.org%2Fwe-dont-make-propaganda-they-do%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNETOPVBK0sitT1zraNkBpoYMvmsWA>, here<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fconsilienceproject.org%2Fthe_end_of_propaganda%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFhYlInGJUowLw68Gh9HL8QRLeMQQ>, and here<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fconsilienceproject.org%2Fsocial-media-enables-undue-influence%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEVnqSHuTUYFHxgDER92zJbvG3VIw>). This conversation reviews Zak's analysis of education, propaganda and the concept of undue influence, and syncs it up with UTOK's frame, especially regarding the dynamics of justification, investment, influence and the nature of thought control. Here<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.podbean.com%2Fmedia%2Fshare%2Fpb-cnsq2-114bca2&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHOaxyPk-HPzas0wx7cBzeJtwQDgQ> is the episode on Podbean. Here is Zak's homepage<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zakstein.org%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNF9YGBcwPqD1owCV1hK0BvplpBfmA>. ___________________________________________ Gregg Henriques, Ph.D. Professor Department of Graduate Psychology 216 Johnston Hall MSC 7401 James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 22807 (540) 568-7857 (phone) (540) 568-4747 (fax) Be that which enhances dignity and well-being with integrity. Check out the Unified Theory Of Knowledge homepage at: https://www.unifiedtheoryofknowledge.org/ ############################ To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1