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Episode 544 Scott Adams: Books That Will Make you Happier and More Successful (Grad Gifts?)

Content:

Graduation gift book recommendations, for happiness and success

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Episode 543 Scott Adams: Teaching You Some Tricks for Spotting Fake News When Everyone Else is Getting Duped

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Content:

Ian Bremmer’s tweet was PARITY?
The nature and form of a “good apology”
Whiteboard 1: FAKE NEWS Graph
Whiteboard 2: FAKE NEWS Filter

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Episode 542 Scott Adams: Find Out Why Trump Has NO Chance of Reelection (Unless Something Changes)

Topics: 

Anti-Trumpers convincing themselves he WANTS to be impeached

Not likely he wants impeachment on his Presidential record


CNN home page, news…or mind reading?

Using the wrong words to describe things…to CREATE news


President Trump’s “Bidan” tweet about Joe being called “low IQ”

Chairman Kim, a friend, mocking President Trump’s rival


Breitbart article, my Episode 540 video about Trump’s 2020 chances

The caveat is…IF nothing changes, President Trump can’t win
Social media has a stranglehold and time to perfect persuasion


BBC video immersing viewer in WWI trench warfare

“They Shall Not Grow Old”
Voiceovers of the actual words from WWI military volunteers


Pre-Suasion, by Cialdini tells us what will happen in the 2020 election

Social media controls the order in which you see things
The persuasion influence is subtle and VERY powerful


Pelosi slurring videos, we don’t know all the facts

Some videos NOT doctored, some WERE doctored
NO video, from ANY source…can be trusted, in today’s world


Nancy Pelosi is “not the same”, per President Trump

Persuasive, gives people a concept…lets them fill in the blanks


Deep Fakes now so good, they did it with a painting

A single screenshot of a person can be used for Deep Fakes


Facebook labeled the doctored, Pelosi slurring video as fake…left it up

Anderson Cooper wants it taken down, cause it’s persuasive


Facebook has created a standard

1. De-Emphasize content they decide is doctored
2. Label the content as doctored
If key context is left out of a video, isn’t that “doctored”?


Proposal: A “national pardon” for all platforms, for all banned

Ban someone forever…for something they did in their 20s?
Second chances are important, people need a chance to improve
Judge people by their responses to their mistakes
Mistakes are NOT intentional

How a person RESPONDS to their mistakes…IS intentional
Their response is what reveals the person




Buzzfeed out of context hit piece on Tony Robbins

Buzzfeed should be shut down for that article alone


FALSE: Pictures don’t lie, video doesn’t lie

TRUTH: All pictures lie, all video lies
TRUTH: Things taken out of context…are lies

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Episode 541 Scott Adams: The Age of Enlightenment, End of the Republic

Topics: 

“End of the world” fears about President…versus major successes
A consistent President Trump theme…he knows what matters
“Age of Enlightenment” phrase used by President Trump

As predicted, he is changing how we view reality
President Trump is teaching us what’s important


Military arms sales to Saudi Arabia and support for their leadership
Blight area usage, homestead style with 2 lots per owner

Kit style homes, like Sears Craftsman homes of the past


Twitter poll, ever notice you were no longer following my account

Consistently, about 20% have experienced the phenomena


Social media has neutralized our democratic republic

Ability to influence people without them realizing it
Headline construction, clickbait links, influence triggers


2020 election results will be determined by social media

Smartest people in the world run social media
They have the means, intelligence, time, resources
Can message ratios be influenced without people noticing?


Limiting messages that reach the top Twitter influencers?

Subtly tweak how often they see those messages?
Huge upside gain…almost zero risk, mischief results
Our democratic process is GONE, not planned, but it happened


Assange situation might be “laundering” him through legal system

Did the government make a secret deal with Assange?
He might run through system and be found innocent 


YouTube demonetization of some of my videos

The issue isn’t money, although it matters
Demonetization affects visibility/content of a video


The news business intentionally tweaks our “Fight or Flight” instincts

Crazy people might be getting triggered MORE than in the past


Naomi Wolf’s book on the prosecution of homosexuals in the UK

BBC informs her live…she misunderstood her two main points
To her credit, she acknowledged their points should be looked into
Judging people by their mistakes, you hate everyone…including yourself

We ALL make mistakes, sometimes bad ones


Judge people by how they respond to their mistakes


Is Adam Schiff an emotionally scarred victim of childhood bullies?

Are victims of bullies more likely to be anti-Trump?

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Episode 540 Scott Adams: Slaughtermeter Reset to Zero Due to Social Media Manipulation, Pelosi

Topics: 

Slaughtermeter downgraded from 140% to 0%

Currently, no chance President Trump will win re-election
Currently…social media thumb on the scale, will prevent it


Zero visibility into algorithms, no explanations, no independent appeal
“Doctored” videos of Pelosi slurs removed as misleading

Enemy press then labels ALL Pelosi slur videos “doctored”
Why not show undoctored and doctored vids for comparison?


2 topics are undiscussible…I can’t even say the words

Some people undiscussible…I can’t even mention their names
Doing so, risks suspension, banning, demonetizing, censorship


Am I being Shadowbanned on Twitter?

I can’t tell, I can’t know, there’s no way to know


Social Media was caught off-guard by candidate Trump in 2016

His “Island of Misfit Toys” supporters are VERY effective


Social Media will NOT be caught off-guard in 2020

4 years to prepare and hide behavior


Social Media CAN determine election results if they wish to do so
Brad Parscale’s new “Promises Kept” website

https://www.promiseskept.com
Select a topic and search for President’s accomplishments
Excellent facts and data resource for political debate


My viral tweet yesterday, “3 Things to Know”

Professional trolls were activated, attacked me


Democrats baffled that President Trump doesn’t want his tax info public

Will his taxes be willfully misinterpreted for political gain?
Are there illegalities…that the IRS failed to notice?
The public won’t know what’s BS and what’s true from the news
Pundit after pundit will push a narrative on his taxes


Assange story is interesting

People WITHOUT facts or understanding, have very strong opinions
Why can’t Assange do what NYT does every single day?
He released names of people may have caused their death

Can that be established as a legal standard?


The press publishes things that endanger people, every day


AOC receiving pushback…weather is NOT climate change
AOC and President Trump in the same room discussing climate change

Imagine what would happen
They BOTH agree…pursue nuclear, ALL possible solutions
Smart play even if climate change isn’t a concern
Develop, test, see what works best and deploy it


The “Bully Factor” and President Trump

Why do some Democrats fear President Trump so much?
Were they deeply impacted by bullies in their lives?
Do they see him as the tormentors from their own lives?


Schumer and Pelosi aren’t really bothered by President Trump

They’re professional politicians just doing politics
Others in Congress…show irrational emotional hatred

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Episode 539 Scott Adams: Biden, Infrastructure Theater, Word-Thinking, Shadowbanning

Topics: 

Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels…back in the news again
Political season is upon us, and some odd traffic coincidences 

We’re left to guess why traffic patterns suddenly altered
The fact we can’t tell why…portends regulation


Lack of social media algorithm transparency…

…IS the end of our Republic
Not necessarily a coordinated conspiracy, but same result


Joe Biden has no legislative accomplishments

A career in politics, and NO accomplishments to show? 


VP candidate traditionally boring, watered-down version of POTUS

Biden was more boring than President Obama
Now Biden has to select his own VP, that’s even more boring


CNN and MSNBC producing stories out of colorful words

CNN reports Pelosi says she’s getting under POTUS skin


Social media wasn’t able to obtain their desired result in 2016

By 2020, expect them to be more effective, less noticeable


Social media culling the herd, by banning the worst of the right

What will happen if they don’t also ban worst of the left?


Gov involved BEFORE the money is made, that’s the socialism flaw

Gov ownership, control of major income producer companies


Shepard Smith’s extraordinarily capable reporting the other day

He riffed for an hour without a script, visually excellent


AOC and the conservative Freedom Caucus…AGREE on something 

Facial recognition everywhere, all the time, no privacy, BAD
Well…it’s going happen anyway, it isn’t avoidable


Terrorism will result in facial recognition everywhere, all the time

Outrage, protests…and then facial recognition will win
10 years from now, facial recognition will be EVERYWHERE

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Episode 538 Scott Adams: President Trump Walking out of Chuck/Nancy Infrastructure Meeting

Topic: 

This is what makes President Trump special…
OLD FRAME: President is under investigation, a witch-hunt VICTIM
NEW FRAME: Dems continuing to pursue is INCOMPETANCE
Brilliant reframing
Chuck and Nancy caught totally off guard

They had no time to prepare a counter-offensive

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How to Schedule a Live Video Call with Scott Adams

Great news:

Now you can easily add a live video call option to your website, the way I am doing in this blog post, so your audience can easily reach you on a video call for tech support, consulting, advice, or anything else. The Interface by Whenhub app (my startup) handles the billing for you, or you can set your price at zero.

Below is my customized video call button as an example. Click the image below to open the Interface by Whenhub app on your mobile device (if you have the app) or a browser that will do the same job as the app. If an expert (in this case me) is not available live, they can add some scheduling options within the app. (If you don’t see me as available, it means someone booked those spots.)

To add a live video call button option to your website or social media profile (including an option to schedule a call for later), follow these steps:

1. Download the free mobile app (Apple and Android) called Interface by Whenhub

2. In the app, create your “expert” profile. We use the word “expert” loosely. You can offer any service that involves talking to people and charging for your time. Assuming it is legal.

3. Once your profile is saved, use a browser to go to Whenhub.com and use the search box to find your profile you just created. Scroll down to see the HTML code to paste into your WordPress or other blogging software to create your customized button like mine, above. This is what you are looking for:

4. If you want an ordinary URL instead of a fancy customized button, use the same steps on whenhub.com to search for your profile and scroll down to find “Copy Profile Link” as shown above. Optionally, after you copy the link, you can shorten the long URL with bitly.com and paste it on your social media profiles or anywhere else you can put a link.

Users who click your link, or your customized button, will be directed to their Interface by Whenhub app if they already have it, or to a browser if they don’t, to connect via video. The caller and the expert do not see each other’s contact information.

Users who call experts do not need to have the Interface by Whenhub app. They will be connected via their browsers as if they had the app. Experts can use the mobile app or the browser on their computer to accept calls, but to use the browser, experts need to first download the browser app, which takes about half a minute. To do that, go to Whenhub.com and look for these buttons:

Experts can also use the DONATE button option provided by Whenhub.com to easily accept donations on their web pages. The process is the same as adding a live video call button. First you must set up an expert profile on the Interface by Whenhub mobile app. Then go to whenhub.com, search for your name, scroll down the page, and copy the DONATE button HTML code that will be specific to you. When published to your page, it will look like this:

When users click the DONATE button, the financial transaction is handled by Whenhub and flows into the bank account you set up when you created your expert profile in the Interface by Whenhub app. When users donate, they can include a message, and you will get an email confirmation with an anonymous link in case you want to reply or converse without sharing contact information.

WHEN Token Update

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Episode 537 Scott Adams: Iran, Socialism, Bad Candidates, North Korea, Viewer Questions

Topics: 

North Korea calls Joe Biden a “fool of low IQ”
Israel is naming things after our American President
ALL countries have an interest in our elections and the outcomes
Chinese Ambassador, trying to explain away Huawei issues
Chinese “job training centers” OR concentration camps OR fake news
Iran sanctions have been increased to penalize countries aiding them

Unprecedented clarity, determination from President Trump


Border situation deteriorating…and almost no news reports on it?

Is that because it’s now agreed by both sides…it’s a crisis?


Beto pushing hard for impeachment
Kamala as a candidate…where is her appeal?

Awkward appearances, boring, nothing interesting to say


Joe Biden is an early beta version…of President Trump

Take away all of President Trump’s strengths…Joe Biden
Where’s media attention for leading Democrat candidate?


Gorsuch and Kavanaugh…NOT ruling politically as feared
“40% of Americans favor socialism”…is phony

It’s a dispute over the definition of words, nothing more
Venezuela’s issues, root cause of their problems
A dictator and massive corruption destroyed Venezuela


Questions from the viewers

Healthcare costs
Rural area issues and possible solutions

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Episode 536 Scott Adams: Nuclear Persuasion

Topic: 

Whiteboard discussion: SAFE nuclear power persuasion

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