Avoiding the Predatory Mind ryan
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- Society & Culture
Welcome to Avoiding the Predatory Mind, a podcast where I discuss dangerous groups of thought like cults, conspiracy theories and Multi Level Marketing schemes. I discuss what these are and how to avoid them using critical thinking.
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Mother’s Day thank you
A thank you to the mother of the world for all of the hard work they have done. There are also clips from people personally thanking their mothers. -link to submit personal thank you to you’re mother : https://anchor.fm/destruction-zone/message
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Avoiding the Predatory Mind episode 8: Avoiding the Predatory Mind
Welcome to Avoiding the Predatory Mind, the podcast where I talk dangerous groups of thought like cults, conspiracy theory’s, and MLMs.This is the final episode, at least for now, where I discus the key similarity's between the groups and how to effectively avoid them.
Resources
fairy good boss article: https://fairygodboss.com/career-topics/mlm-scam
Huffington post article : https://www.huffpost.com/entry/job-opportunity-mlm-scam-pyramid-scheme_l_5e30c62ec5b6e8375f647a5e
EU article:https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/coronavirus-response/fighting-disinformation/identifying-conspiracy-theories_en
BITE model:https://freedomofmind.com/bite-model/ -
Avoiding the Predatory Mind episode 7:Young Living
Hello and welcome to Avoiding the Predatory Mind, the podcast where I talk about dangerous groups like cults. MLMs, and conspiracy's and how to avoid them. In todays episode I go over young living, the predatory MLM that sells essential oils and is suspiciously pyramid shaped.
Resources
Article on essential oils: https://katherinemaslen.com/essential-oil-lies-what-you-need-to-know-about-doterra-and-young-living/
genetically modified skeptic video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsDrIAsVgTQ
FDA warning to young living: https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/young-living-09222014 -
Avoiding the Predatory Mind episode 6:Multi Level Marketing schemes/MLMs
hello and welcome to avoiding the predatory mind episode 6 where I go over MLMs, what they are, how they work, and how to identify them. for a short summary, MLMs are company's that start with a few people, then recruit with the profit mostly going to the first few people, this can be represented in a was that looks suspiciously like a pyramid.
Resources
fairy good boss article: https://fairygodboss.com/career-topics/mlm-scam
Huffington post article : https://www.huffpost.com/entry/job-opportunity-mlm-scam-pyramid-scheme_l_5e30c62ec5b6e8375f647a5e -
Avoiding the Predatory Mind episode 5: Antivaxx
Hello and welcome to Avoiding the Predatory mind, in this episode I talk about Antivaxx, what it is, its beliefs, and why its a conspiracy theory.
Links
EU article: https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/coronavirus-response/fighting-disinformation/identifying-conspiracy-theories_en
Kursgesagt, The Side Effects of Vaccines - How High is the Risk?:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBkVCpbNnkU
PublicHealth.org article on vaccine myths:https://www.publichealth.org/public-awareness/understanding-vaccines/vaccine-myths-debunked/ -
Avoiding the Predatory Mind episode 4: Conspiracy Theories
Hello and welcome to Avoiding the Predatory Mind the podcast where we talk about dangerous groups of thought like Mlms, conspiracy's and cults. In this episode I talk about conspiracy theories, what they are, who they target, and how to avoid them.
EU article:https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/coronavirus-response/fighting-disinformation/identifying-conspiracy-theories_en