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Neal Stephenson recommends 6 books on information manipulation

• mindcrime 5y ago
  Don't forget Edward Bernays' Propaganda[1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_(book)
  • riedel 5y ago
    Yes, we had our post-truth period in history (fascism) and did not learn all too much. I am really scared actually where all this leads towards. You might also want to cite Lippmann as a predecessor of this thinking [1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Opinion_(book) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Opinion_(book)
• jiveturkey42 5y ago
  What institution gets to decide what creates 'consensus reality'? At what point do they lose their authority?