Editor's Pick: A War Elephant Podcast War Elephant Podcast

Today, our host Jaedon invites War Elephant administrator, Kunjan, onto the podcast to discuss prominent psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's works, and about what makes a person's life meaningful. 



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Topic Links: 



1) "Everything is Broken": https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/ne...​



2) Job Satisfaction #1 Predictor of Mens’ Wellbeing: https://qz.com/work/1474562/what-make...​



3) Jordan B. Peterson's works

  a) 12 Rules for Life: https://www.amazon.com/12-Rules-Life-...​

  b) Maps of Meaning: https://www.amazon.com/Maps-Meaning-A...​

  c) Lecture on Meaning: https://youtu.be/NX2ep5fCJZ8

Today Ian and Winston discuss their views on Christianity and religion, as well as the cultural defeats that conservative Christians have been facing in the United States and what it means going forward. 



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Topic Links: 



1) Abraham Piper, son of John Piper - https://www.reddit.com/r/Exvangelical...​ 



2) Rhett and Link - https://www.patheos.com/blogs/youngfo...​ 



3) Josh and Shannon Harris - https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/ar...​

#Gamergate​ is perhaps one of the messiest topics on the modern internet, with lots of extreme emotions about the controversy but unfortunately very few facts. Today, War Elephant Editors Ian and Kristine discuss what exactly Gamergate is and how it still impacts internet culture today. 



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Topic Links: 



1) Inside Gamergate: https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Gamerga...​



2) Inside Gamergate free online edition: https://a.co/gQ3J09d​



3) Gamergate Political Compass: https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/84184...​



4) Cynical Theories: https://a.co/3urKw98​



5) "The Gamer is Dead": https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain...

For Pi Day, Ian, Kristine, and Jaedon discuss the definition of art and whether video games can be classified as art, and how all of this is important to conservative philosophy. 



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Topics and Articles: 



1) Pi Day Introduction



2) Articles: 

  a) Original article by Spencer Klavan: https://lawliberty.org/an-art-that-of...​

  b) Response by Andrew Jankowski: https://lawliberty.org/spoiled-for-ch...​

  c) Counter-response by Spencer Klavan: https://lawliberty.org/what-is-art/​



3) What is Art, and Are Video Games Art?

Welcome to Episode of Editor's Pick! Kristine and Ian discuss the vast kerfuffle with regards to Dr. Seuss! (https://www.quora.com/q/war-elephant
).

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Official statement from Dr. Seuss Enterprises - https://www.seussville.com/statement-...


A study typical of those used to promote the idea that Dr. Seuss promotes white supremacy, from the perspective of critical race theory - https://sophia.stkate.edu/cgi/viewcon...


Jon Davis's answer on Quora about Dr. Seuss - https://www.quora.com/Should-Dr-Seuss...
 

A disturbing response to Dr. Seuss from critical race theory - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc...


Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying celebrate Dr. Seuss - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13ZrA...

Today, Ian and Jaedon discuss the concept of objectivity and how individuals can be more objective when discussing and analyzing media. Objectivity is often prevented by human biases, both conscious and unconscious. 



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Topics and Related Articles: 



1) Recap of the previous episode on OnlyFans.



2) Article from War Elephant founder Jon Davis on how students are taught to analyze propaganda:

  a) https://www.quora.com/Why-don-t-schoo...​ 



3) Discussion on Media literacy and propaganda. 



4) Discussion on Objectivity. 



5) Bulverism: the double-edged sword: 

  a) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulverism