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Our 50/50 America (Part III): The World WILL be rebuilt. The only open issues are: How and by Which Side?

Voters want REAL CHANGE RIGHT NOW... The red side of 50/50 America is giving their answer; the blue side is flopping and flapping like a dying fish on a…

Aug 27, 2025 • Martin Luz

Our 50/50 America (Part II): Voting red is a vote to build a new anti-pluralist world

What the red side of 50/50 America is tearing down isn't nearly as important as what they're building up -- and what they're building on.

Aug 21, 2025 • Martin Luz

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Our 50/50 America (Part I): Rewriting the received wisdom about America’s “divided politics”

"50/50 America" doesn’t mean what it did just six months ago. Any discussion of the prerogatives of voting in a 50/50 nation must change with it.

Aug 12, 2025 • Martin Luz

July 2025

GEMS OF THE MONTH: Reminders that our reality-based world is still here

A few beautiful truth bombs from the world outside the spin zone...

Jul 30, 2025 • Martin Luz

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Podcast Ep. 2... HYPE: WHY IS IT EATING THE WORLD?

Listen now | A wide-ranging conversation about our culture of hype, with a special focus on technology and AI

Jul 23, 2025 • Martin Luz

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Hype: The most exciting, positive, empowering innovation ever made in human communication!

A prelude to tomorrow's Podcast episode: Why does it seem like hype is eating the world? Because in many ways, it is.

Jul 22, 2025 • Martin Luz

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Welcome to the LiteralMayhem podcast!

Listen now (28 mins) | In this inaugural episode, we discuss the power of stories in shaping the world--and how this podcast will be a "story about…

Jul 16, 2025 • Martin Luz

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May 2025

StoryTime: Life in a "Reality Distortion Field"

Reality Distortion is Swallowing Our Technology, Our Politics, and Our Lives

May 7, 2025 • Martin Luz

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April 2025

PRESS RELEASE FROM HELL: Media Giants Strike P.R. Deal with Gun Industry

Entertainment Conglomerates Will Now Get Paid for Gun-Centric Content

Apr 24, 2025 • Martin Luz

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Elon Musk & Strom Thurmond: Odd Bedfellows in the War on Empathy

Musk’s Rejection of DEI Is at Heart an Argument Against Reconstruction

Apr 15, 2025 • Martin Luz

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BS of the Month (March 2025): "Bullshitters Prove Their Own Guilt" Edition

Sometimes bullshitters do us a favor and dump evidence of their own guilt right in our laps.

Apr 11, 2025 • Martin Luz

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March 2025

StoryTime: “Uncurated” Online Content Does Not Exist

If you think you're getting “uncurated” content online, you're wrong.

Mar 19, 2025 • Martin Luz

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