Mick West

Escaping The Rabbit Hole by Mick West

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This is a wonderful getting started guide for those trying to help friends, loved ones, or themselves escape conspiratorial or radicalized thought. I’ve bought a half-dozen copies for friends and family. Mick West also hosts the Tales From The Rabbit Hole podcast. Mick West – Escaping the Rabbit Hole “These false conspiracy theories are a problem. They hurt individuals by affecting their life choices, in terms of money, health, and social interactions. They hurt society by distracting from the very real problems of corruption and decreasing citizens’ genuine participation in democracy.” Mick West – Escaping the Rabbit Hole “It’s also tempting to simply label conspiracy theories as either “mainstream” or “fringe.” Journalist Paul Musgrave referenced this dichotomy when he wrote in the Washington Post: Less than two months into the administration, the danger is no longer that Trump will make conspiracy thinking mainstream. That has already come to pass. 1 Musgrave obviously does not mean that shape-shifting lizard overlords have become mainstream. Nor does he mean that Flat Earth, Chemtrails, or even 9/ 11 Truth are mainstream. What he’s really talking about is a fairly small shift in a dividing line on the conspiracy spectrum. Most fringe conspiracy theories remain fringe, …

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Mick West – Escaping the Rabbit Hole

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“It’s also tempting to simply label conspiracy theories as either “mainstream” or “fringe.” Journalist Paul Musgrave referenced this dichotomy when he wrote in the Washington Post: Less than two months into the administration, the danger is no longer that Trump will make conspiracy thinking mainstream. That has already come to pass. 1 Musgrave obviously does not mean that shape-shifting lizard overlords have become mainstream. Nor does he mean that Flat Earth, Chemtrails, or even 9/ 11 Truth are mainstream. What he’s really talking about is a fairly small shift in a dividing line on the conspiracy spectrum. Most fringe conspiracy theories remain fringe, most mainstream theories remain mainstream. But, Musgrave argues, there’s been a shift that’s allowed the bottom part of the fringe to enter into the mainstream.”

Tales from the Rabbit Hole Podcast

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This is a wonderful set of conversations hosted by Mick West (the author of Escaping the Rabbit Hole). He’s very respectful of his guests and is a wonderful role model for how to carry on meaningful conversations in the face of crippling epistemic failure. I’ve listened to every episode. Mick seems to be on hiatus at the moment, but the old episodes are still very relevant and very good. Visit The Tales from the Rabbit Hole Website