Not knowing how a system works, one seeks answers when that system fails. Sadly, if the sought answers are wrong, one may extrapolate between similar systems, perhaps disastrously. I share my market bubble theory in Episode 179: How to Blow a Bubble. Find the show notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/07/episode-179-how-to-blow-bubble.html

Time to update you with some new, and some merely clarifying information on topics I have already covered. Why? There's magic in advertising, dark magic; but the more you know about it, the less it works on you. Hence, Episode 178: Knowing the Trick. See the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/06/episode-178-knowing-trick.html

People often seem stupid. Sometimes, though, they simply don't have better choices. Their reactions are guided by innate morality, even if others vehemently deny what the people are collectively reacting against. Hence, Episode 177: WTN …and Disgust. Find the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/06/episode-177-wtn-and-disgust.html

Having only two viable presidential candidates to choose often leaves voters confused, especially when it later becomes clear that lately the two parties are not very different at all… when judged by their actions. Hence, Episode 176: WTN …and Betrayal…. Show notes for this episode can be found at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/06/episode-177-and-betrayal.html

Unions are more than just meetings and yelling at each other. I think. It sure seems that way. No, union activity in the workplace is a show of strength for one purpose only: to note the importance of the subject of this Episode 175: Negotiation, and…. Find the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/05/episode-175-negotiations-and.html

Those who make our cars today have figured out ways to make our behavior pay. Shoshana Zuboff gave us this lesson in her book; but I may have stumbled on a perfect example at work. I'll fill you in on my theory in this Episode 175: Car(Un)Jacked! Find the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/04/episode-175-carunjacked.html

Time to dive once again into Jerry Mander's 1978 book, this time selecting just a couple of his reasons to eliminate television. These are reflected in the title of Episode 173: Our Influencing Machines and Their Masters. Find the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/04/episode-173-our-influencing-machines.html

Ads are not yet everywhere. That's good. That doesn't mean, though, that there aren't people plotting to capture attention in a new space, one that cannot be blotted out. Those idiots tempt fate, as I describe in my Episode 172: Flirting With Disaster.   Find the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/04/episode-172-flirting-with-disaster.html

Too many of us lately seem to assume that the negative forces guiding brains are… a thing. (Well, that’s my assumption.) As a general rule, maybe we all just need to heed the advice found in the title of Episode 171: Testing Our Glob of Assumptions. Find the show notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/03/episode-171-testing-our-glob-of.html

Sometimes companies manage to get really big; but what is too big? When they regard their benefit to society as less important than their profit model, we should consider their future, even if they make the stuff of Episode 170: That Great Gray Slurry. Find the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2021/03/episode-170-that-great-gray-slurry.html