Dark Persuasion - The History of BRAINWASHING from Pavlov to Social Media

Joel Dimsdale discusses his latest book “Dark Persuasion: A History of Brainwashing from Pavlov to Social Media,” which traces the evolution of brainwashing from its beginnings in torture and religious conversion into the age of neuroscience and social media. Dimsdale is distinguished professor emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry at UC San Diego. [11/2021] [Show ID: 37324]

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[annprehn]

I would encourage everyone to study Neuro Linguistic Programming and hypnosis as the best defense against brainwashing. To resist it you need to be able to recognize it.

[TednStef]

Social media has an almost immediate impact on the way we think, and react. I noticed this after joining tiktok. After leaving tiktok, I noticed a change in the way I interact with people and my thought processes. Social media divides us, makes us combative to alternative points of view. It forces us into a group think mentality.

[vincentanguoni]

I was fortunate to have been taught at an early age to question everything. My sixth grade teacher, Harry Adamian taught us to question everything. He also taught us about the Armenian genocide... 1962...he was a great teacher...our classroom was in the auditorium / lunchroom/ gymnasium. He had too almost shout at times during lunch time...and gym... He died young... Rip Harry!!!!

[chinookvalley]

I was held in false imprisonment, threatened daily, had everything taken from me. It changed me forever. It was the fact that the person who did this to me and found delight in doing so, that (I believe) wrecked my nervous system and has held me in "freeze" for decades. I wish I could "get over it". Sick people are in charge.

[pauljarine]

I don't think we need to ask ourselves If social media can be weaponized. We must ask ourselves if will we allow it. Or better, can we survive it.

[misami]

I just came across this video. I'm not a student anywhere, just a low educated, retired woman in Sweden.
I found this extremely interesting and it also acknowledge many of my own thoughts about various phenomena going on today as well as todays psychiatry treatment (Sweden esp) and what the authorities now are implementing by force around the world, setting aside ALL laws of Human Rights, the Nürnberg manifests (don't know if that's the right word), UN's Child protective laws etc etc etc.
Nevertheless. This was so informative and intersting I of course shared it.
Thank you so much Professor Dimsdale for an excellent lecture in this very dark topic.

[meirionowen]

Isolation, sleep deprivation, bullying, disconnection from family, censured information and all the rest ... Exactly the conditions of being in school.

[Odis_Valhalla_]

I have been saying this since 2001. I was twelve years old in that year, and I knew deep within my heart and soul that there was something very terribly wrong with our society in the United States.

[ParadigmSalonVideo]

I'm a subject of MKULTRA, born 1952 onto the campus of UC Davis where the Human Ecology project was established while I was there. Very glad to hear this history being made clear for the public. Thank you.

[lancelotdufrane]

The youth most vulnerable, by the Social Media influence, .. have never been taught this valuable historical, evidence. Certainly, on purpose. Great work. Thank you.

[madhatter]

You didn't mention the insidious practice of gaslighting. Used extensively by governments, organisations and especially in domestic abuse. The power lies in not only causing the victim to question their own reality but also the supporting society surrounding the victims to question the victim's sanity. This could be applied to one victim in a relationship, thus causing a web of more victims who become caught up in the gaslighting or indeed societies as a whole, all from one person and their agenda.

[johannarivers]

0:00 Opening & Introduction
3:23 Presentation start. Two questions consider.
3:50 Genesis of the project
5:10 What does "brainwashing" mean?
6:25 Pavlov & The Soviets
13:23 Truth Serum
18:03 Cold War & Korea
25:30 CIA and Academe
32:50 Stockholm Syndrome
35:36 Patricia Hearst
40:30 Lethal Religious Communes
44:22 The Future
47:48 Q&A

[wcbibb]

Attitudes, values, and beliefs are shaped by propaganda, marketing, and advertising. Politicians use these techniques.

Once I studied Social Psychology at UCLA in the 60s, I have never looked at society in the same way. We are being indoctrinated from day one.

[rebeccasmith]

Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Teach your child to think for himself. Question everything.

[robertword]

We have seen what the CIA was doing yesterday. But what is the CIA doing today?

[MrSammo]

“History would be a wonderful thing – if it were only true." ― Leo Tolstoy

[pervylurker]

The main stream media telling me that we are in the midst of a deadly pandemic and breathing oxygen is illegal brought me here.

[lambsauce]

It's very important to have regular holidays from social media. No matter what you use it for.

[donanderson]

This is a great time for this topic to get some much needed attention. The current political climate is like a litmus test, fleshing out those who have been suggestively altered through the some of these techniques and unwittingly creating a wake of chaos and mayhem in our society.

[ss]

This is something that everyone should take the short time to listen to!
It especially should be played for all high school students!!!❤️