EP. 722: ONE IDEA TO RULE THEM ALL: THE REVERSE ENGINEERING OF AMERICAN PROPAGANDA ft. Michelle Stiles

2025-04-02

Get Michelle's book here: https://a.co/d/9qreqPr One Idea To Rule Them All: Reverse Engineering American Propaganda" delves into the fascinating world of cognitive shortcuts that our brains employ to form beliefs, and how these can be manipulated in a technologically advanced society to subtly influence our perceptions. Rather than viewing propaganda as mere lies or distortions, the book explores the sophisticated techniques developed since the early 20th century that render such a simplistic view obsolete. It exposes the power wielded by 'Idea Bullies' who, armed with these techniques, vast wealth, and influential ...

Get Michelle's book here: https://a.co/d/9qreqPr

One Idea To Rule Them All: Reverse Engineering American Propaganda" delves into the fascinating world of cognitive shortcuts that our brains employ to form beliefs, and how these can be manipulated in a technologically advanced society to subtly influence our perceptions. Rather than viewing propaganda as mere lies or distortions, the book explores the sophisticated techniques developed since the early 20th century that render such a simplistic view obsolete. It exposes the power wielded by 'Idea Bullies' who, armed with these techniques, vast wealth, and influential connections, dominate the marketplace of ideas, leading to a democracy ossified in orthodoxy. The book traces the historical evolution of this phenomenon, known variously as the manufacturing of consent, public relations, or simply 'propaganda'. It also illuminates how the art of stagecraft and narrative storytelling have supplanted the objective pursuit of truth, and why this manipulation of language is invariably the first harbinger of tyranny.

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