I’ve always hated Twitter and every long-form version of it (Reddit, Substack, and anything and everything claiming to something it’s not). When I’m done doing what I gotta do — I’m never goin’ back. Until then, I’m sending out a certain set of messages looking for intelligent life (fiercely independent thinkers who want to solve problems — not endlessly talk about them).
Think of my signals as a poor man’s SETI:
I’ve got an idea — and it’s got teeth.
There’s a way we can harness folly from the past for the benefit of the future. A.K.A. Learning:
All ya gotta do — is do what you say you do. And my idea is a framework for debate that boxes you in to do exactly that. You won’t like it — but here’s the deal: Your opposition won’t either. And who knows, you might learn to love embracing challenge, changing your mind, and the fruits from demanding across-the-board accountability.
This — is not that
This is Broadcasting Beliefs About That
Going by the galaxies filled with rock stars of reasoning across the social media universe — I should have no shortage of people eager to examine my idea and discuss how we could improve on it and proceed.
You tell me where those people are and I’ll gladly send out my signals to them.
If you’re not interested in hearing me out and having in-depth discussion — we have nothing to talk about and I wish you well. But if you’re game for good old-fashioned conversation — please contact me through the site, Anchor.Press.gg@gmail.com, or DM (Direct Message) on Twitter.
Barebones email that summarizes what this is ultimately all about (text version below the image):
Subject: V for Victory & Venom for Values: America’s Descent Into the Abyss
Conventional means have no chance of breaching the envelope of intransigence around armies of unreachables in the trench warfare of our times. But integrate those same tools into an unconventional framework for honest debate — and now you’ve got something. The 11th edition of Social Psychology has the domino effect on the cover.
They’ve got an image of an idea — I’ve got the idea.
Your field is forever fighting the forces of human nature whereas my solution banks on it. I have a very specific target audience to get this in gear, so it wouldn’t take much. One email could set off a chain of events that could open the door to the kind of conversation this nation’s never had. World-renowned psychologist Dr. Elliot Aronson put me onto his friend and fellow renowned psychologist, Dr. Phil Zimbardo. For medical reasons, he’s unable to get involved, but in response to an email on the essence of my idea, he wrote
Very Interesting and original.
Seems like that should count for something.
If you’re not a fiercely independent thinker willing to put some time and effort into understanding this story and the potential impact of my idea, this is not for you. But perhaps you could please pass it along to someone who fits the bill: Someone who loves learning as much as they love teaching.
10 years ago, I set out to tell a larger story about the decline of America from decades of dishonesty and systematic self-delusion. No one listened, and lo and behold — those times were tame compared to today. In the last few years — I’ve seen savagery beyond anything that inspired the doc (and that’s what gave me the idea). Back then, it was about going up against institutions and putting up a mirror to all of America. Now, I just need to get to one man.
Festinger would have a field day with the cult-like following of this professional know-it-all (who peddled partisan hackery on the biggest and most costly lie in modern history). He’s worshipped for “following the facts.” Never mind he flagrantly ignored irrefutable evidence of mathematical certainty in centrifuge physics (not to mention his patently obvious history of toeing the party line).
All of which flies in the face of the principles upon which he’s put on a pedestal.
The subject line is about a fantasyland for fragile egos: Where you can win an argument without even knowing what it’s about. That’s everywhere, but PKIA’s crowd takes the cake. The underworld of absurdity around this Professional Know-It-All is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. I’m practically spit on by people promoting principles I followed to find he didn’t. His disciples see him as some kind of saint-like Sherlock Holmes.
And that is an opportunity!
How do we make people realize they’ve been lied to? You have to knock down one small pillar that’s easier to reach. I’ve got the perfect pillar — on a matter of world-altering consequence that shaped everything you see today. A student wrote of her psychology professor:
Tim Wilson taught me the importance of breaking problems down into more manageable pieces.
Lo and behold, at the bedrock of my idea is exactly that. If you want to start solving problems, first you need to clear the clutter that’s crippled this country. To do that, you don’t go after everything, you go after one thing that ties to everything. And you do it by holding one man to his own standards.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Richard W. Memmer
And that’s just the beginning
Note: More to follow on the bit below — this is just a placeholder to plant the seed so that I have a separate post to point to on the idea within the email above. Right now, please bear with me with the knowledge that there is a plan in place for how this would work when fully realized.
And none of that matters without nailing down the problem first.
What I have in mind is something of a JSOC — to join forces for a greater good that’s the gold standard of unimpeachable integrity.
Institute for Honesty? Institute for Integrity?
Something along those lines. Let’s just stick with JSOC for now — since it sounds cool and it’s got a nifty badge and all. Whatever the name . . .
JSOC’s scrutiny spares no one
Note:
There are strategic steps as to how JSOC would be established (which can be found elsewhere on this site).
Right now, I’m just floating the concept — and other ideas this nation so desperately needs:
You cannot be, I know, nor do I wish to see you an inactive Spectator . . . I greatly fear that the arm of treachery and violence is lifted over us as a Scourge and heavy punishment from heaven for our numerous offences, and for the misimprovement of our great advantages.
If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners, and not sink into inglorious ease.
We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
— Abigail Adams, 16 October 1774
One Voice Became Two 