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The Psychology of Influence
I think we're at a tipping point now where either the bulk of humanity wakes up to understand the psychology of influence or they succumb to it. Any technique, mind technique can be good for some people and but not for everybody. The whole mindfulness field is now taking off in a very concerning way where there are authority figures who are being treated like gurus. I was actually just at a conference, a cult conference in England. And I met a professor of neuroscience at Brown University who is researching the negative effects of mindfulness.