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James Lindsay on How Culture Wars Exploit Psychological Vulnerabilities

The “Age of Information” brings with it the means to fight in more modern ways. Perhaps classical warfare is outdated, and adversaries are more easily conquered now through psychology than by force. Social pressures such as cancel culture offer a tremendous amount of power to be wielded. In this week’s episode of Some Kind of Therapist Dr. James Lindsay explains why the people most susceptible to propaganda are the people who think they’re too sophisticated for propaganda. Our psychology has become such a powerful tool wielded against us that it’s easy for bad actors to exploit the gaps in human experience to elicit a response in the direction of any given “cause” the perpetrator sees fit. How can we defend against our own psychological vulnerabilities? Listen to the full episode, James Lindsay on Psychological Warfare, here, on Twitter, Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.