Neal Stephenson recommends 6 books on information manipulation (theweek.com) 41 points by ploden 4y ago ↗ HN
[–] mindcrime 4y ago ↗ Don't forget Edward Bernays' Propaganda[1].[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_(book) [–] riedel 4y 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)
[–] riedel 4y 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)
[–] [dead] jiveturkey42 4y ago ↗ What institution gets to decide what creates 'consensus reality'? At what point do they lose their authority?
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[ 4.7 ms ] story [ 23.2 ms ] thread[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_(book)
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Opinion_(book)