Thinking above the narrative.
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Jun 15
If she's a Nerd, then what are those guys with pocket protectors?
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Jun 14
The world changed in 2005. In 2004 nerds were the butt of every joke. By 2006, American culture was geek culture, a place where it would surprise no one to hear the captain of the football team talking about his newly purchased lightsaber. This is the story of how screenwashing made it happen...
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Jun 14
For years parents and experts have said cell phones should be banned from schools. They were ignored.
Now, suddenly, cell phones are being banned. What changed?
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Jun 13
Humans are just as easy to condition to behaviors as dogs. Look around, are you being conditioned?
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Jun 13
The screens you watch use a more advanced form of Pavlovian conditioning to make you dance to their tune. Have you noticed?
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Jun 13
This is the story of how Pleasantville used Affective Conditioning to screenwash Millennials into destroying everything they love.
youtu.be/jzJLn8mL2o0
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Jun 11
Sometimes, the persuasive power of a movie is so strong, it even influences people who didn’t see it. That’s what happened with The Stepford Wives.
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Jun 11
This is the true story of how The Stepford Wives screenwashed women into leaving their homes and joining the workforce.
youtu.be/cxwyc7hscWQ
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Jun 10
Once you see this technique being used you’ll notice it everywhere. And it explains half the discourse on X.
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Jun 10
An Aggressor Inversion is a persuasion technique in which an instigator deliberately provokes a defensive reaction, then reframes the defender as the true aggressor by minimizing or erasing the original threat or provocation.
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Jun 9
When Falling Down debuted in 1993, audiences were supposed to HATE this character. When they didn't, the media embarked on a campaign to destroy the movie and shame people for liking it.
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Jun 9
Whether it meant to or not, Falling Down turned male rage into a trap. youtu.be/T0Ao2pMqLCo
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Jun 9
THINKING PAST THE SALE is a persuasive tactic in which someone assumes agreement or success before it’s secured, framing discussion as if the decision has already been made, to bypass resistance and lead the target toward compliance or a desired decision.
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Jun 8
Masters of the Universe makes speeches about empathy and non-violence, followed immediately by a problem being solved by muscles and punching.
Then it’s right back to “villains monologue, heroes dialogue.”
No wonder people are confused.
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Jun 8
Scott would have been 69 today. And he’d have had a good Dad joke about it.
Fill one up for the late Great Influencer, Scott Adams.
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Jun 8
Affect Heuristics are a mental shortcut all humans take, in which immediate emotional reactions, such as fear, liking, disgust, or comfort, are substituted for deliberate analysis. It means judgments of things like risk, value, or truth are guided more by feeling than by evidence
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