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#361 – Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Controlling Scientology

The authoritarian says like, I'm just protecting you by blocking you off from those negative things. But then this freedom starts closing in to where you can't no longer speak freely, think freely, act freely. That person doing the controlling actually gets that dopamine rush of the controller that's exciting. It's a vicious negative cycle. You start out, it starts all good because you're trying to do good for the person, but then it somehow goes to shit.

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