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Many have likened the past few years to a dystopian novel or a thriller movie due to unprecedented oppression, violence, loss of rights, and weaponization of science and technology at the hands of powerful people with dark intentions. It's coming into ever-clearer focus that the unified, global pandemic response the forced lockdowns, vaccine and mask mandates, fear-filled media coverage, and restrictions on public worship stripped citizens of their civil liberties and transformed our society.

Hättest du mitgemacht? Wenn du zu meiner Zeit gelebt hättest, hättest du hinter die sauberen Fassaden geblickt? Oder wärst Du im Club der Verursacher, der Denunzianten und Verräter gewesen? Welches Spiel hättest Du im System gespielt.

Our actions are shaped by how we perceive the world, and these days our perception of reality is relentlessly shaped by the media. Television has become the primary source of the information most of us rely on to make sense of the world around us. Some observations on the myths behind that information, and a peek at what the world will look like when we discard them, are covered in this session.