Joe Rogan’s conversation with Harvard professor and mind control expert Rebecca Lemov quickly zeroed in on one of his favorite topics: government interference in digital life.
Rogan opened the door with a warning that’s become all too familiar.
“Well, there’s so many different kinds of mind control.”
He continued:
“You know, one of the things we’ve talked about a lot on this podcast is, that an enormous percentage of what you’re seeing on social media in terms of interactions and debate is not real. It’s not organic.”
“It’s state run and state funded, and it’s whether it’s foreign governments or our government or even corporations, you’re getting inorganic discourse that’s designed to form a narrative and which is a form of mind control.”
Lemov jumped in and took it one step further—explaining that even when we know it’s fake, our minds still react like it’s real.
“Yeah. I mean, I think even on a basic level, people, it’s known and studies have shown that we respond as if it were organic and real.”
“Even when somebody likes a post of yours, the response is the same as, like, in-person interaction.”
It’s not just governments pulling strings.
The platforms themselves are wired to exploit how we feel.
“I think at the root, there is a kind of way that, on an emotional level, it’s not just manipulation of ideas, but there’s a kind of emotional engineering that’s built into the platforms and doesn’t even demand, you know, at first, government involvement.”
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