Everybody wants to influence the world (to the tune of Tears for Fears). Being an influencer is one of the most enticing jobs out there for many people right now. Old, mostly young, and in between, the draw of a fame and fortune for self-made hobbyists is irresistable to many. But this is a job that requires a lot more work than it might seem, and fame is a double-edged sword. From where did this new career suddenly emerge? What is it? And, why do so many people want to do it? We'll do our best to explain it all. Recommendations - Abraham: Uluk (https://hexy.studio/games/uluk/) - Shane: The Marvels (https://www.marvel.com/movies/the-marvels) Alllll the Links and References: - https://www.ilo.org/sector/Resources/publications/WCMS_865323/lang--en/index.htm - https://blog.workday.com/en-us/2023/future-media-entertainment-5-reasons-technology-changes-everything.html - https://knowledge.insead.edu/career/psychological-strategies-influencers - https://grin.co/blog/psychology-of-influence/ - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/08/instagram-influencers-psychology-social-media-anxiety - https://influencermarketinghub.com/what-is-an-influencer/ - https://neilpatel.com/blog/guide-to-influencer-targeting/ - https://www.makeuseof.com/what-are-social-media-influencers/ - https://medium.com/swlh/why-everybody-wants-to-be-an-influencer-and-nobody-wants-a-real-job-anymore-fc1a895a76b3 - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2022/10/20/young-people-want-to-be-influencers-even-as-older-americans-say-it-isnt-a-real-job/?sh=f0668af5f04b - https://www.adweek.com/media/everyones-an-influencer-now-what/ - https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/influencers-parents-posting-kids-online-privacy-security-concerns-rcna55318 - https://www.teenvogue.com/story/influencer-parents-children-social-media-impact - https://www.kelleykronenberg.com/category/blog/technology-data-privacy-and-social-media/the-legal-risks-that-social-media-influencers-encounter/ - https://contiguglia.com/blog/legal-concerns-for-influencers-on-social-media/ - https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/20/more-than-half-of-gen-zers-think-they-can-easily-make-a-career-in-influencing.html - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5yXuHJX2Nk - https://grin.co/blog/the-history-of-influencer-marketing/#:~:text=Although%20influencer%20marketing%20has%20technically,prominence%20in%20the%20early%202010s. - https://affise.com/blog/influencers-mapped/#:~:text=Age%20of%20success%3A%20The%20Average,successful%20global%20influencers%20is%2027. - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/40k-post-within-three-months-100100301.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACJYI_G5bXmqGia5OeGDdwx9t1lJQQfLw_Pnj6hmbzUA2ALHnjQ5zLTuySR43KU1fVoG5TJM0nBbw2a792cvwRzh2GCd0I27apGiiuLwB0A6GJkAS0MAAW7qVHbDYuuyBHryp_mM8Wt_ECtFK8sDBC2lol__C9JI0N-QQ6d6Gmhj#:~:text=How%20long%20is%20an%20influencer,of%20reasons%2C%20the%20experts%20explained.&text=To%20some%20extent%20that's%20because,touch%20with%20their%20original%20viewers. - https://embedsocial.com/blog/how-much-do-instagram-influencers-make/#:~:text=An%20influencer%20with%201%20million,and%20%2415%2C000%20per%20sponsored%20post. - https://influencermarketinghub.com/instagram-highest-paid/

Let's take a trip back in time to our discussion on the bystander effect, as well as an update on what has happened in research since. What other variables can account for the bystander effect? What about when there is no bystander effect? There is such as a thing as too many cooks in the kitchen, as they say. Recommendations: Abraham: A Haunting in Venice (movie: https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/a-haunting-in-venice) Shane: De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (https://open.spotify.com/album/34LxHI9x14qXUOS8AWRrYD?si=i8Z8nRbHRLy29mwGutpzaw) Links: - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797615569579 - https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/bystander-effect#:~:text=Radiation%20and%20Health%20Effects&text=The%20term%20bystander%20effect%20describes,not%20directly%20hit%20by%20radiation. - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6790599/#:~:text=Further%2C%20a%20cross%E2%80%90national%20video,%2C%20%26%20Lindegaard%2C%202019). - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11292-020-09417-y - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1089268021995168 - https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2021-37653-001 - http://www.webclearinghouse.net/volume/1/Lathrop-TheEffects.php - https://spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/sipr.12063

Most people report feeling that the TSA is successfully protecting against threats. Are they right? Some argue that not flying pushes people toward driving which is exponentially more fatal. What can we do about it? Many have some radical ideas. We'll unpack what there is to understand about the TSA. Recommendations Abraham: Sounds Fishy (https://bigpotato.com/products/sounds-fishy) Shane: Hotline TNT - Cartwheel (https://open.spotify.com/album/6LrhvefGM7zcJpIdMC9otz?si=yVWBjXa2TAy-McHleJF8JA) Links and References: - https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellistalton/2019/01/28/is-the-tsa-really-necessary/?sh=5565d5c025e0 - https://www.vox.com/2016/5/17/11687014/tsa-against-airport-security - https://www.theverge.com/c/23311333/tsa-history-airport-security-theater-homeland - https://www.securitydegreehub.com/airport-security-make-us-safer/ - https://reason.com/2022/01/07/airport-security-measures-are-popular-but-pointless/ - https://www.bts.gov/newsroom/full-year-2022-us-airline-traffic-data#:~:text=U.S.%20airlines%20carried%20194%20million,and%20388%20million%20in%202020. - https://www.npr.org/2021/09/10/1035131619/911-travel-timeline-tsa - https://www.businessinsider.com/palantir-ceo-alex-karp-interview-stopped-terror-attack-weekly-2019-1 - https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/30/world/al-qaeda-documents/index.html - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tsa-touts-orlando-bomb-suspect-arrest/ - https://vimeo.com/644143946 - Garrick Blalock garrick.blalock@cornell.edu , Vrinda Kadiyali & Daniel H. Simon (2009) Driving fatalities after 9/11: a hidden cost of terrorism, Applied Economics, 41:14, 1717-1729, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840601069757 - https://www.sheffield.com/air-travel-safest-mode-transportation#:~:text=For%20one%2C%20there%20is%20a,air%20at%20any%20given%20time. - https://www.airport-technology.com/features/scan-before-boarding-country-handling-airport-security-checks/?cf-view - https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72788/14-behind-scenes-secrets-tsa-agents

Transportation is an enormous part of any economy. Airplanes are one of the more recent inventions that have changed the landscape of security around the world. In addition, the consequences of a plane failing accidentally or through the intentional destruction by bad actors is catastrophic. Therefore, the security of airplanes is of the utmost importance. Yet, the instances of terrorist actions or even attempts are vanishingly small. The TSA was designed to prevent terrorist activities. Is it working? Is it just creating the illusion of security? If we had to ask, you can probably already guess the answer. We kick off this two-parter by reviewing the history of airpot security and its trials and tribulations. What are your experiences? Let us know! Recommendations Part 2 Abraham: Sounds Fishy (https://bigpotato.com/products/sounds-fishy) Shane: Hotline TNT - Cartwheel (https://open.spotify.com/album/6LrhvefGM7zcJpIdMC9otz?si=yVWBjXa2TAy-McHleJF8JA) Links and References: - https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellistalton/2019/01/28/is-the-tsa-really-necessary/?sh=5565d5c025e0 - https://www.vox.com/2016/5/17/11687014/tsa-against-airport-security - https://www.theverge.com/c/23311333/tsa-history-airport-security-theater-homeland - https://www.securitydegreehub.com/airport-security-make-us-safer/ - https://reason.com/2022/01/07/airport-security-measures-are-popular-but-pointless/ - https://www.bts.gov/newsroom/full-year-2022-us-airline-traffic-data#:~:text=U.S.%20airlines%20carried%20194%20million,and%20388%20million%20in%202020. - https://www.npr.org/2021/09/10/1035131619/911-travel-timeline-tsa - https://www.businessinsider.com/palantir-ceo-alex-karp-interview-stopped-terror-attack-weekly-2019-1 - https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/30/world/al-qaeda-documents/index.html - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tsa-touts-orlando-bomb-suspect-arrest/ - https://vimeo.com/644143946 - Garrick Blalock garrick.blalock@cornell.edu , Vrinda Kadiyali & Daniel H. Simon (2009) Driving fatalities after 9/11: a hidden cost of terrorism, Applied Economics, 41:14, 1717-1729, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840601069757 - https://www.sheffield.com/air-travel-safest-mode-transportation#:~:text=For%20one%2C%20there%20is%20a,air%20at%20any%20given%20time. - https://www.airport-technology.com/features/scan-before-boarding-country-handling-airport-security-checks/?cf-view - https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72788/14-behind-scenes-secrets-tsa-agents

What makes someone a troll? We are all a little bit troll-y sometimes. We dive into how and why it works, when it is good and bad, and a brief history of trolls. Join us for the psychology of troll behavior. Recommendations - Abraham: Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (https://www.netflix.com/title/80209229) - Shane: Blink 182 - One More Time… (https://open.spotify.com/album/1OteY9OFTmoZ0vmZT89wPd; https://music.apple.com/us/album/one-more-time/1707257664) Links and References: - Cheng, J., Bernstein, M., Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil, C., & Leskovec, J. (2017). Anyone Can Become a Troll. In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. CSCW ’17: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2998181.2998213 - https://apnews.com/article/biden-internet-broadband-bead-0b95fabd7f6833ce420c80d474a145a5 - https://blog.hootsuite.com/how-to-deal-with-trolls-on-social-media/ - https://computer.howstuffworks.com/troll.htm - https://medium.com/dose/what-did-trolling-look-like-before-the-internet-cb42890265c0

Why are some people evil? What is evil anyway? Is evil even real? We discuss the philosophy of what evil is and why it occurs... if it occurs. Recommendations - Abraham: No One Will Save You (https://www.hulu.com/movie/no-one-will-save-you-9e96f51e-6806-4306-9773-e96b68d25305) - Shane: Electric Shark Tattoo Studio (https://www.instagram.com/electricsharktattoo/) Links and References: - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/concept-evil/ - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/evil-kinds-origins/ - https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/socialsciences/ppecorino/phil_of_religion_text/CHAPTER_6_PROBLEM_of_EVIL/Nature_of_Evil.htm#:~:text=%22Evil%22%20has%20a%20wider%20range,famines%2C%20floods%2C%20etc.) - https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691026176/jung-on-evil - https://www.prisonexp.org/ - https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/193629/summary - http://www.zimbardo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2003-Evil-Chapter.pdf - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1745691615568998 - https://www.psypost.org/2021/07/new-psychology-research-suggests-that-belief-in-pure-evil-can-put-blinders-on-peoples-thinking-61556 - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/acp.3795 - https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/members/sigs/spirituality-spsig/walker.pdf?sfvrsn=2223ae50_2 - https://www3.nd.edu/~jspeaks/courses/2007-8/20229/_HANDOUTS/problem-of-evil.pdf - https://reasonandmeaning.com/2016/04/09/can-there-be-goodness-without-badness/ - https://iep.utm.edu/evil-log/

In the 1970s in the US and other parts of the world, a great fear was blossoming in the hearts of normal, every day people. The very real threat of the conspiracy of the satanic cults! Dun Dun DUN! Except... the fear about satanic cults is actually pretty old. Why was there a new fear? What was really going on during the satanic panic? You've got questions, or at least we assume you do... and we've got (some) answers. Recommendations - Abraham: Wrath of Becky (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20916568/) - Shane: Ahsoka (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13622776/) (again) Links and References - https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/satanic-panic.htm#pt5 - https://gizmodo.com/a-brief-history-of-satanic-panic-in-the-1980s-1679476373 - https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/642372/satanic-panic-history-1980s - https://www.cbc.ca/arts/satan-wants-you-filmmakers-q-a-sean-horlor-steve-j-adams-1.6822213 - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/us/satanic-panic.html - https://www.npr.org/2021/05/18/997559036/americas-satanic-panic-returns-this-time-through-qanon - https://www.senate.mo.gov/LegislativeLibrary/Panic.html - https://www.vox.com/culture/22358153/satanic-panic-ritual-abuse-history-conspiracy-theories-explained - https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/mcmartin-preschool - Ehrman, A. (1976). THE ORIGINS OF THE RITUAL MURDER ACCUSATION AND BLOOD LIBEL. Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought, 15(4), 83–90. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23258406 - WAGEMAKERS, B. (2010). INCEST, INFANTICIDE, AND CANNIBALISM: ANTI-CHRISTIAN IMPUTATIONS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE. Greece & Rome, 57(2), 337–354. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40929483 - https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/the-enduring-panic-about-cow-mutilations

Spooky season 2023 continues with this dive in to actual Satanism. It is a lot newer than you might think. Also, there are different kinds of satanism broadly categorized as "theistic" and "atheistic." Are you a stanist? You might become one after this episode... jk Recommendations - Abraham: Hail Satan? (documentary; http://www.hailsatanfilm.com/) - Shane: Asohka (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13622776/) Links: - https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/about-us - https://www.history.com/topics/religion/satanism#aleister-crowley - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-06/is-satanism-a-religion-of-social-justice/101591462 - https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/satanic-beliefs-criminal-actions - https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49392867 - https://study.com/academy/lesson/satanism-beliefs-types-rituals.html%5Chttps://youtu.be/ohGj3BnOVyg?si=rm8q8EIZJCY4-mj6 - https://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2017/02/10/the-devils-roots-theistic-satanism-in-metal/

Welcome to our spooky, Halloween-themed kick-off! We went even more specific than usual and will be talking about Satan the whole month of October. Have you heard of left-hand path magic? Probably in one form or another. We unpack the history of left-hand path, how it is presumed to be used, and how it relates to Satan... if at all. Recommendations - Abraham: Yeung Man Cooking (https://yeungmancooking.com/) - Shane: Entombed - Left Hand Path (https://open.spotify.com/album/5nrZejD99ZmAXrmrouIJcU?si=3DwqiNGfSpCytlhx5ZbG0A) Links: - https://online.ucpress.edu/nr/article-abstract/12/4/28/70127/Left-Hand-Path-Magic-and-Animal-Rights?redirectedFrom=PDF - https://www.learnreligions.com/left-hand-and-right-hand-paths-95827 - https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/3/2/389 - https://www.thedailybeast.com/hitlers-hunt-for-the-holy-grail-and-the-ghent-altarpiece - https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/01/12/fbi-satan-mobplot-kill-ted-kennedy-097180 - https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(08)00177-0 - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1016/j.religion.2005.07.002

What does the world look like when you are color deficient? Why are more men color deficient than women? Can glasses really help color deficient people see? Why is it color "deficient" and not color "blind?" These are all of the questions we assume you have and will want to have answered... so that's what we spoke about! Hopefully we were right... Recommendations - Abraham: Electric Vehicles - Shane: The Toothsome Chocolate Emporium (https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us/things-to-do/dining/toothsome-chocolate-emporium-and-savory-feast-kitchen) Links and References: - https://dictionary.apa.org/color-blindness - https://enchroma.com/pages/types-of-color-blindness?gclid=CjwKCAjwr_CnBhA0EiwAci5sih3dqGpr69NVBQcV_zUso4KFsRb40azoPM2OZHqHaaIL-n_t4tClUhoCERwQAvD_BwE (SHANE, CHECK THIS ONE OUT!) - https://youtu.be/r8OG0HNLz0w?si=M6APFImtZuiUABib - Jonauskaite D, Camenzind L, Parraga CA, Diouf CN, Mercapide Ducommun M, Müller L, Norberg M, Mohr C. 2021. Colour-emotion associations in individuals with red-green colour blindness. PeerJ 9:e11180 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11180 - https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/do-color-blindness-correcting-glasses-work#:~:text=%22Colorblindness%20glasses%20are%20made%20with,Schwab%20says.