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Patrick Lyoya | When do we start looking at the big-picture problems and taking a nuanced approach?

The video was released last week. I watched it. It was rough.

5 min readApr 20, 2022

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Patrick Lyoya | When do we start looking at the big-picture problems and taking a nuanced approach?

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Rad McMasterson

Progress | What is it and are we making it?

We talk a lot about human progress. From subsistence farming to industrial agriculture. From fuzzy telescopes to space tourism. From the…

5 min readFeb 8, 2022

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Progress | What is it and are we making it?

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Rad McMasterson

I Support the Police

But that might look different than you think

7 min readApr 30, 2021

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I Support the Police

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Rad McMasterson

Accepting the Complexity of our Problems to Grow as a Society

or, start weeding before we mow

2 min readApr 26, 2021

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Accepting the Complexity of our Problems to Grow as a Society

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Rad McMasterson

Inauguration Day | I’m Relieved. I’m Angry. I’m Ready. I’m Excited.

I remember watching exit polls late into the night November 8, 2016. It was more red than I felt comfortable with, but there were a few…

5 min readJan 20, 2021

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Inauguration Day | I’m Relieved. I’m Angry. I’m Ready. I’m Excited.

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Rad McMasterson

Some Thoughts on Media and Media Consumption

I’ve had a few conversations over the past week or so on Facebook and in real life about media bias and misunderstandings in the media. I…

17 min readOct 20, 2020

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Some Thoughts on Media and Media Consumption

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Rad McMasterson

I’m Not A Democrat… But Why Does it Matter?

I’ve had a few pointless political discussions on Facebook over the past week that have helped me put my finger on a thing that’s been…

2 min readOct 16, 2020

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I’m Not A Democrat… But Why Does it Matter?

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Rad McMasterson

Exploration or Hostile Takeover? Both?

I would argue it’s not a bad thing — but while it led to something most of us see as a good thing, many of the implications of that good…

4 min readOct 12, 2020

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Exploration or Hostile Takeover? Both?

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Rad McMasterson

You Don’t Have to be Scared to Take Precautions

I’ve seen this one pop up a few times over the past week.

5 min readSep 17, 2020

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You Don’t Have to be Scared to Take Precautions

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Rad McMasterson

When Media Manipulation is Used for Media Manipulation…

I saw this one today. At first it looks really damning. Poor Trump being beaten up by the media for something that doesn’t even being to…

3 min readAug 5, 2020

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When Media Manipulation is Used for Media Manipulation…

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Rad McMasterson

Rad McMasterson

I teach social studies. I shoot videos. I have lots of other projects that I fully intend to finish someday. I think about stuff… sometimes I write it down.

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