What Lies Beneath

Concerns regarding the very human art of persuasion have a long history: from the analysis of rhetoric in the Socratic dialogue of Gorgias, through the manipulation of public opinion by Edward Bernays, fascist propaganda theory as developed by Joseph Goebbels, CIA projects such as MKUltra, to the modern techniques of psychographic profiling by firms such as Cambridge Analytica.

Join us as we begin to explore this topic starting with this book: The Instability of Truth: Brain washing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion by Rebecca Lemov. For our first meeting, please read the Introduction and the first four Chapters on Brainwashing.
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