The Tell with Christine Axsmith
The Tell is about escaping reality warp. We highlight examples of reality warp in the media, AI, personal relationships and cults, and then talk about methods to get grounded again.
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Heather Cox Richardson
David Challen
Matt Taibbi
Status Coup News
Mary L Trump
Brainwashing
Language as Manipulation
Solutions
You Are Now Less Dumb – How To Buy Happiness, And All the Other Ways To Outsmart Yourself, by David McRaney
The goofy ways the human mind works - and defenses to it
The Power of the Powerless, by Vaclav Havel
The go-to book for radical change in society. Non-violent methods.
Yes! – 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive, by Noah J. Goldstein, Steve J. Martin and Robert B. Cialdini
Useful for persuading people, instead of yelling at them pointlessly
History
Antisemitism – Part One Of The Origins Of Totalitarianism, by Hannah Arendt
Classic analysis of the Third Reich by leading political philosopher of 20th century
A Brief History of Fascist Lies, by Federico Finchelstein
Broader analysis, not just Nazis.
The Russian Revolution, by Leon Trotsky
First-hand account of revolution and all its problems
