Your Feed Is Lying to You: Critical Thinking During the Iran Crisis

About this episode

M.A. Aponte discusses critical thinking and information processing during the Iran crisis amidst a flood of propaganda and panic.

Send us Fan Mail The world changed on February 28th. Now your feed is full of propaganda, panic, and hot takes from every direction. But are you actually THINKING — or just reacting? In this episode, M.A. Aponte — former NYPD officer, former Merrill Lynch wealth manager, and current school principal and Consultant — breaks down the facts of the Iran conflict from EVERY side, teaches you the CLEAR Protocol for processing information during crisis, and gives you four practical emotional regulat...

People in this episode

Host: M.A. Aponte

Topics covered

• critical thinking
• Iran crisis
• information processing
• emotional regulation
• propaganda
• media literacy

Keywords

• Iran conflict
• critical thinking
• emotional regulation
• media literacy
• propaganda
• information processing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NYPD, Merrill Lynch

Places: Iran

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