Sublime
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Emotional control: makes the new recruit feel like they are special by talking to the “guru/expert” (me). Behavior control: trains the consultant on what to say about the company. Thought control: dispels any valid questions/concerns that the new potential recruit may have. Information control: indoctrinates them into the system of doing this all
... See moreEmily Lynn Paulson • Hey, Hun
Other expressions of hostility—”negative triangulated messages,” “threat of abandonment,” “disconfirming the other person’s reality,” and “intimidation/explosion”—are defined in an equally precise manner.
Frederic Laloux • Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness
By altering the ingredients of the idea menu they are exposed to, we might, in turn, minimize the dangerous inputs to the processes of belief and network updating.
Jessica C. Flack • Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984–2019 (Compass)
Trap #2: Projection
Erik Rees • S.H.A.P.E.: Finding and Fulfilling Your Unique Purpose for Life
Historian Marilyn Lake described the framework of “the Australian Settlement”, as combining industry protection, wage arbitration, state paternalism, imperial loyalty, and racial exclusion. The ideological foundation was clear: cohesion was to be achieved through racial homogeney, economic security through the protection of white labour, and
... See moreThe Cult of the Entrepreneur
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Female aggression, competition, and social control mechanisms
Nathalie Martinek PhD shows how feminine aggression manifests as politely soft social control. As a woman who refuses to employ this, being on the receiving end of it makes me feel like I’m nuts. Because as soon as you name this is happening, YOU become the problem, as I have been many
... See moreLes idéologies sont des substituts au véritable savoir, et les idéologues sont toujours dangereux lorsqu’ils accèdent au pouvoir, car une approche simpliste façon « Monsieur Je-sais-tout » n’est pas à la hauteur de la complexité de l’existence.