New: trancewarAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krhive-183959zzansteemhive-180932hive-166405photographyuncommonlabhive-185836hive-144064hive-183397hive-150122bitcoinlifehive-188619krsuccesshive-101145hive-124908hive-103599hive-139150hive-184714hive-106183hive-103393TrendingNewHotLikersmada (63)in life • 7 years agoPower and Meaning: announcing a new writing projectIn 2016, I published a dense little book book called Fixing Broken Robots. This work explored the relationship between people and technology, and began describing the epochal change into which our…mada (63)in news • 7 years agoPolitical identities, addresses and psych data of 200 million people exposed in latest data breach . Here's what that means.In April, it was widely reported that Shadow Brokers had captured a suite of NSA hacking tools. Less than a month later, supercharged by state-sponsored malicious software, ransomware went totally…mada (63)in news • 8 years agoThe New Red Scare Further Blurs the Line Between Real and HogwashDid Vladimir Putin personally lead a successful effort to hack the DNC, collude with Wikileaks to release data obtained by such means, and thereby sway US elections? Probably not. In fact…mada (63)in news • 8 years agoFake News and a Maimed Water Protector || how the trancewar is seeding an 'open-source insurgency' in the collective unconsciousMy last post in this series described how, due to widespread disillusionment, "the trancewar's foot soldiers already appear to be losing control of the public narrative. It may take them a while to…plotbot2015 (62)in science • 8 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.@mada This is Your Name in LightsThis is my first attempt at the @williambanks #nameinlights initiative. I hadn't thought about doing something like this previously because I have fewer followers than many of my followers do.…mada (63)in psychology • 8 years agoDisillusionment and the Collective Unconscious || recent US elections mark the start of a new chapter in the trancewarHave you ever found a container of leftover stew in the back of your refrigerator, opened it, and discovered a putrid mess? From where I stand, the US political establishment is in a similar…mada (63)in psychology • 8 years agoGhosts in the Machinery of Our Collective Unconscious || election stress, high weirdness, and the escalation of trancewar psyopsAccording to the Washington Post, the upcoming US elections are totally stressing people out. The American Psychological Association has even issued guidelines for dealing with election-related…mada (63)in psychology • 8 years agoDebugging the Collective Unconscious || some basic tools for clearing trancewar influences from thinkingHave you ever experienced what it is to be held hostage by an invisible barrier acting upon the thinking of another person? Of course you have. This is commonplace. It is as commonplace as an…mada (63)in psychology • 8 years agoScrewing with consciousness at the policy level || Profile of a modern trancewar architectAt first glance, Cass Sunstein appears to be just another rabidly neoliberal policy wonk. His writing - from academic papers to books to a regular Bloomberg column - seems fairly intelligent and…mada (63)in psychology • 8 years agoBody language || how fuzzy memories make trancewar influence over our shared stories into a big dealBoth conscious and unconscious awareness is written into and read from our bodies in a variety of ways. Whether or not we notice it, our interaction with this information has a strong influence on…mada (63)in life • 8 years agoBeyond Maslow's pyramid || Freeing basic needs from trancewar manipulationIn part, the trancewar manipulates thinking to make the satisfaction of human needs contingent on rendering service to the desires of a control regime. To understand how exactly the trancewar…mada (63)in psychology • 8 years agoWhere Technology Meets the Collective Unconscious || A brief introduction to the trancewarThe world is made of people; of past and present lives encoded in the rearrangements of matter intermingled with our passing. The world is made of the stories we tell ourselves and each other about…mada (63)in psychology • 8 years agoTruth vs The 'Decline Effect' || how a childhood experiment made me question the scientific methodWhen I was in elementary school, at perhaps age eight, I had a friend who shall be called 'Bob' for the purposes of this story. Bob and I would meet up on weekends and conduct little science…mada (63)in psychology • 8 years agoThe mass psychology of 'friendly fascism'Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian psychoanalyst who began work under Freud, and introduced many of the personality-related concepts employed in modern psychology. His early work was, and remains…
