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082 - Cult Hacking with Stephen Mather

I was a Teenage Fundamentalist. An Exvangelical podcast.

CHAPTER

The Psychology of Cults

In the workplace, you have certain punitive measures if you don't do certain things. There is a sense of betrayal when someone leaves and goes to your main competitor. In cults there's more transparency - we're selling a product. That's all it is. And you can give your life over to this company as much as you want. I'm not going to say anything about anything being culty. But sometimes you do see people, you do see dynamics, where you think, oh, that looks familiar"

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