The question of who to trust, how we find truth and how we are being manipulated is central to understanding and solving all our other problems. The pandemic crisis has acted like an amplifier and catalyst of all the existing fractures in culture. The question of reliable sensemaking is right at the core of resolving any of these problems. Rebel Wisdom is beginning a series of films looking at the question of truth and sensemaking. Starting with a look back at one of the attempts to answer that question, the Intellectual Dark Web. Links to films and articles mentioned in this piece. Sam Harris & Jonathan Haidt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNyvn2w9Bns Glitch in the Matrix II, The Origin of the Intellectual Dark Web: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKeMIWVOnbo Matt Taibbi, The American Press is Destroying Itself: https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-news-media-is-destroying-itself Bari Weiss tweetstorm: https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1268628680797978625 Ryan Bennett on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ry_Nomad Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying, Having a Real Conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBkF-xJh6tU&t=914s Mike Nayna, Evergreen Trilogy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH2WeWgcSMk&t=41s The Intellectual Dark Web, an Integral Conversation? Ken Wilber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2XK812tSmM&t=66s Deep Code, Jordan Hall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j3cCrpXERg War on Sensemaking, Daniel Schmachtenberger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LqaotiGWjQ You can listen to podcast versions of our films on Spotify or Apple Podcasts by searching 'Rebel Wisdom' or download episodes from our Podbean page: https://rebelwisdom.podbean.com/ To support Rebel Wisdom, and get member benefits including regular Q&As with the interviewees from our films for our members, check out: https://www.rebelwisdom.co.uk/plans