The you tube presentation is a dry outline yet informative.

I prefer the approach that the Daily show takes when it gives concrete example of propogandists pandering to a closed minded audience by showing the repetition of false yet identical talking points by different personalities in different settings.

I think we all get that closed minded people are arrogant presumptive and potentionaly dangerous.

We might assume that having an open mind that allows for more valid facts and ideas to be accepted leads to a hppier and more succesful life.

The crumbling of our economy and the Enronization of America might lead us to believe that closed mindedness does not serve us well.
But suppose someone devised an experiment where one group accepted and believed everything that Rush LImbaugh said and acted upon every action he dictated as well as following every dictate from their local Evangelical Church...and the other group was encouraged to look at both sides of every issue with all the provisos reccomended in the you tube video.   After a year it would be interesting to see if life satisfaction was significantly higher in one group or the other.

Hmm I've always heard that ignorance is bliss. People I know continue to vote and act against their own best interest.
On the other hand there is great satisfaction in making a needed and honorable change whether you are a minority of one or in a large group yet I have found that the price paid for bucking the system is usually a bitter pill to swallow.
Which group do you think would be happier?