Governments have tried to shape public opinion for millennia. However, recent advances in technology and government funded research into “belief formulation”, “belief propagation”, and “emotional contagion” have led to the creation of increasing effective techniques for spreading the official narrative and suppressing any alternative ideas. This video examines the history, present state, and future of how government and big tech shape public opinion.
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– Written by Dr. Steve Turley but applicable to Business Reform as well.
Link to video about Facebook’s unethical experiments on users: https://youtu.be/pnPQ5B_10QI
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