Month: March 2022

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Conversations Media Society

Conversation about content filtering of social media companies

Do social media companies have a responsibility to control the content that we see? Should they be managing the content that is deemed violent, offensive, demeaning or aggressive by the users? Colin & Brian both agree that in our present state, there is too much expectation placed on the social media companies to police the content we are exposed to. Remember when our feed was filled entirely with our friends and family. In the effort to monetize, the social media companies changed that experience. They use behavioral reinforcement psychology to keep us interacting and ultimately are motivated by profits.

Link to the YouTube video.

Brother VS. Brother
Brother VS. Brother
Conversation about content filtering of social media companies
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Analysis

Analysis – Washington Post misleads with the article title

If you have watched the videos on Media and Media Bias, you may have heard Brian praise the Washington Post. In this post, Brian castigates them for a misleading headline that distorts the truth.

You can find the YouTube video here.

Links to images that are referenced in the podcast:

Headline from the article referenced in the post
Article referenced in the podcast
Brother VS. Brother
Brother VS. Brother
Analysis - Washington Post misleads with the article title
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Analysis Conversations Strategies

Conversation about the challenges of having these conversations

When someone does not recognize the validity of our argument, it does not always mean that we have failed, but it can be disappointing. It can feel like we are not being heard. It can feel like our opponent is too close-minded to hear what we are saying. Many people (including us) tend to hold onto our original views and are reluctant to concede points to other people. We should not be surprised or disappointed when someone walks away without having agreed with us. If that is your goal, you will never achieve it. But, if you present an idea skillfully and the other person is receptive to the idea, then it is possible that the idea can settle in to their world view and be incorporated at a later date. We also go back and look at some of the topics that we have discussed in the past such as media bias. At the end we agree to a more proactive approach to our conversations we can be better prepared to respond to each other’s points.

Here is a link to the YouTube video.

Brother VS. Brother
Brother VS. Brother
Conversation about the challenges of having these conversations
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Conversations Strategies

Conversation Strategies – Distract to Win

This is a very common strategy and one that we often do not notice happening. The response to our point is often related but not relevant and so we respond to their response and allow the conversation to veer away from the point that we made.

Link to YouTube Video.

Brother VS. Brother
Brother VS. Brother
Conversation Strategies - Distract to Win
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Conversations Politics Society

Conversation on Social Security

We begin by discussing what the goal of social security is so that we can agree on our starting point. The original concept of Social Security in America was to create a financial floor for retirees, disabled and survivors. We look at who is funding the social security program and how they are doing so. The negative aspects of social security is that you do not have access to the money, you family doesn’t get the money if you die and you cannot control the investments. The positive aspects are that you cannot outlive the benefits, it will always pay until you die and the payments increase annually to compensate for inflation. We discuss asset allocation and how social security fits in with a retirement portfolio. Do we need social security to protect people from making bad decisions about their retirement? How do we ensure that people can retire comfortably.

A link to the chart that Colin created to show a suggested retirement schedule and the retirement that it would allow.

Link to the YouTube Video of the conversation.

Brother VS. Brother
Brother VS. Brother
Conversation on Social Security
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