SDCT0019: “In a democracy,” it is said, “people get the government they deserve.” The strength or the weakness of a democracy lies in its voters — the...

SDCT0018: The Second Law of Thermodynamics says that isolated systems move toward a state of disorder. Human minds and groups become isolated systems ...

SDCT0017: Science is supposed to be value-free — it’s not supposed to make moral judgments. In the eyes of science, things are just as they are; they’...

SDCT0016: The single most basic question for citizens and their government alike is this: How big is your circle of family? Is it just you and your ow...

SDCT0015: This episode compares synecdoche (whole substituting for parts or vice versa) to three types of attention deficit disorder, and to two stand...

SDCT0014: This episode continues the theme of synecdoche, which is a cognitive tendency to substitute parts for the whole or whole for the parts. A na...

SDCT0013: Small circle thinkers, the kinds of minds that are most attracted to the small circle far right edge of the political spectrum, tend to focu...

SDCT0012: We can construct a modern scientific technology of government by connecting themes that are firmly established in cognitive science with wha...

SDCT0011: This episode gives a brief overview of the book that Daniel Dodge is writing, and presents a few of his thoughts about the characteristics o...

SDCT0010: The first ten episodes of this series describe the basic themes of Circles Theory as applied to politics. In this final introductory episode...