Conspiracy

Send us Fan Mail Defining conspiracy. Information kept in a "bubble". The information must be something that would affect (or support an agenda that runs counter to the interests of) people outside the bubble. Perfect conspiracies vs imperfect conspiracies. How do conspiracies succeed/fail? The two rules: info inside must have a force keeping it inside, people outside must not be trying to look inside (or just be ineffective at looking inside). Common examples of things that don't we don't call conspiracies but function just like them (football huddles, government cabinet meetings, corporations). The problem with single event observations (9/11 is not a repeatable event). Conspiracy thinking is encouraged by the rich/poor gap and amplified by the internet The rich are engaged in a conspiracy, just not the conspiracy they are being accused of engaging in. The special case of Robert Anton Wilson and the Illuminati. Links to things mentioned in the episode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_price_fixing_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Brien_(Nineteen_Eighty-Four) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson