That Awkward Phase of High School and Presidential Elections

EverydaySpy Podcast

Andrew Bustamante

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4.7 • 640 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

There is a pattern to information. You have seen the pattern in your everyday life, from high school to today, because it is human nature. And you are about to see the final phase of the pattern all over headlines and media. In this episode, Andrew describes the information phase know as 'information overload' and how it is used to deceive you to steal your attention.

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0:00.0	My name is Andrew Bustamante, and this is everyday espionage.
0:07.0	Freedom Freedom Freedom
0:23.6	Freedom
0:24.6	and I were at dinner this week with a friend
0:30.6	and the friend made a comment
0:32.6	about how excited she was for today, November 3rd,
0:35.6	the day that America chooses the next U.S. president.
0:40.3	Our friend said she was excited because after today she expected all the ads and the news and the social media election noise to just stop.
0:49.3	Now, I love my wife, but honestly, her poker face around friends and family is basically
0:56.1	non-existent, and I could see her slowly turning her head left and right, even as our friend
1:02.7	was excitedly talking about her high hopes after the election.
1:07.4	Jehi was unintentionally shaking her head, no, accidentally disagreeing during the entire conversation
1:14.2	because she knew something that our friend did not know. And what Ji knew was that the real
1:20.4	election noise hasn't even started yet. Today is just the first day of the next phase. In the world of espionage and information mastery,
1:31.5	we call this next phase information overload. Now there's a pattern to the way people share
1:37.6	information, and the pattern is pretty simple. Hopeful information always goes first. We saw hopeful
1:43.2	information started about a year ago then fearful
1:45.8	information comes next that started in about june and then you see promises which started in about
1:52.4	september and october but the final phase the phase that's coming up next is guessing and while
1:58.9	every phase of the pattern has information, only the final phase,
2:04.6	guessing, is unique because of an effect known as information overload. Now, at CIA, we jokingly call
2:13.2	this phase infobesity or infoxication, because information overload is a term that specifically
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