Brainwashing - Revision history

Tom: /* The power of the Web */

2025-05-11T22:33:32Z

‎The power of the Web

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‎Solutions

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‎Problems

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Tom at 22:54, 5 April 2025

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 ===The power of the Web===
 Today, more and more, not only can corporations target you directly, they can model you directly and stealthily. They can figure out answers to questions they have never posed to you, and answers that you do not have any idea they have. Modeling means having answers without making it known you are asking, or having the target know that you know. This is a great information asymmetry, and combined with the behavioral applied science used increasingly by industry, political campaigns and corporations, and the ability to easily conduct random experiments (the A/B test of the said Facebook paper), it is clear that the powerful have increasingly more ways to engineer the public, and this is true for Facebook, this is true for presidential campaigns, this is true for other large actors: big corporations and governments. (And, in fact, a study published in Nature, dissected at my peer-reviewed paper linked below shows that Facebook can alter voting patterns, and another study shows Facebook likes can be used to pretty accurately model your personality according to established psychology measures).<ref>Zeynep Tufekci, ''Facebook and Engineering the Public'' Medium 2014-06-29 https://medium.com/message/engineering-the-public-289c91390225</ref>
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 ==Solutions==
 * My life is made of [[Patterns]] that can scarcely be foretold.
-* If I commit a crime, as Patty Hurst did, then I get free room and board for many years.
+* If I am subject of [[Brainwashing]] and commit a crime, as Patty Hurst did, then I get free room and board for many years.
 * The morals we get are the ones that our (relatively recent) ancestors created for us.<ref>Nikhil Krishnan, ''What good is Morality?''  The New Yorker 2024-12-30 p62ff.</ref> They mostly follow David Hume and seem to be generally working for us, in spite of the negativity introduced by Nietzsche.

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 * My life is made of [[Patterns]] that can scarcely be foretold.
 * If I commit a crime, as Patty Hurst did, then I get free room and board for many years.
-* The morals we get are the ones that our (relatively recent) ancestors created for us.<ref>Nikhil Krishnan, ''What good is Morality?''  The New Yorker 2024-12-30 p62ff.</ref> The mostly follow David Hume and seem to be generally working for us.
+* The morals we get are the ones that our (relatively recent) ancestors created for us.<ref>Nikhil Krishnan, ''What good is Morality?''  The New Yorker 2024-12-30 p62ff.</ref> They mostly follow David Hume and seem to be generally working for us, in spite of the negativity introduced by Nietzsche.
 ==References==

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 * My life is made of [[Patterns]] that can scarcely be foretold.
 * If I commit a crime, as Patty Hurst did, then I get free room and board for many years.
-* The morals we get are the ones that our (relatively recent) ancestors created for us.<ref>Nikhil Krishnan, ''What good is Morality?''  The New Yorker 2024-12-30 p62ff.</ref>
+* The morals we get are the ones that our (relatively recent) ancestors created for us.<ref>Nikhil Krishnan, ''What good is Morality?''  The New Yorker 2024-12-30 p62ff.</ref> The mostly follow David Hume and seem to be generally working for us.
 ==References==

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 * My life is made of [[Patterns]] that can scarcely be foretold.
 * If I commit a crime, as Patty Hurst did, then I get free room and board for many years.
 ==References==

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 *Desire for more personalized education tailored to a child’s needs.
 *Discontent with school policies, discipline methods, or educational priorities.
 ===The power of the Web===
-On the other hand, educational institutions and policymakers argue that balance is needed to ensure a standardized and inclusive education for all students, while still respecting parental perspectives. Today, more and more, not only can corporations target you directly, they can model you directly and stealthily. They can figure out answers to questions they have never posed to you, and answers that you do not have any idea they have. Modeling means having answers without making it known you are asking, or having the target know that you know. This is a great information asymmetry, and combined with the behavioral applied science used increasingly by industry, political campaigns and corporations, and the ability to easily conduct random experiments (the A/B test of the said Facebook paper), it is clear that the powerful have increasingly more ways to engineer the public, and this is true for Facebook, this is true for presidential campaigns, this is true for other large actors: big corporations and governments. (And, in fact, a study published in Nature, dissected at my peer-reviewed paper linked below shows that Facebook can alter voting patterns, and another study shows Facebook likes can be used to pretty accurately model your personality according to established psychology measures).<ref>Zeynep Tufekci, ''Facebook and Engineering the Public'' Medium 2014-06-29 https://medium.com/message/engineering-the-public-289c91390225</ref>
+Today, more and more, not only can corporations target you directly, they can model you directly and stealthily. They can figure out answers to questions they have never posed to you, and answers that you do not have any idea they have. Modeling means having answers without making it known you are asking, or having the target know that you know. This is a great information asymmetry, and combined with the behavioral applied science used increasingly by industry, political campaigns and corporations, and the ability to easily conduct random experiments (the A/B test of the said Facebook paper), it is clear that the powerful have increasingly more ways to engineer the public, and this is true for Facebook, this is true for presidential campaigns, this is true for other large actors: big corporations and governments. (And, in fact, a study published in Nature, dissected at my peer-reviewed paper linked below shows that Facebook can alter voting patterns, and another study shows Facebook likes can be used to pretty accurately model your personality according to established psychology measures).<ref>Zeynep Tufekci, ''Facebook and Engineering the Public'' Medium 2014-06-29 https://medium.com/message/engineering-the-public-289c91390225</ref>
 ==Solutions==

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	On the other hand, educational institutions and policymakers argue that balance is needed to ensure a standardized and inclusive education for all students, while still respecting parental perspectives.		On the other hand, educational institutions and policymakers argue that balance is needed to ensure a standardized and inclusive education for all students, while still respecting parental perspectives.

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		+	==Solutions==
		+	* My life is made of [[Patterns]] that can scarcely be foretold.
		+	* If I commit a crime, as Patty Hurst did, then I get free room and board for many years.

	==References==		==References==

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 The Earliest appearances of the concept [[Brainwashing]] occured in the mid-twentieth century in the files of the Office of Strategic Service, the precursor of the CIA.<ref>Nikhil Krishnan ''Dirty Minds''  New Yorker 2025-04-07 p56ff. </ref>
 ==Context==
-A song written by someone whose dad did not come home for the war.<ref>Roger Waters. "Another Brick in the Wall" a three-part composition by the Pink Floyd bassist 1979 </ref>
+A song written from the point of view of someone whose dad did not come home for the war.<ref>Roger Waters. "Another Brick in the Wall" a three-part composition by the Pink Floyd bassist 1979 </ref>
 <pre>
 When we grew up and went to school
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 All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
 All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
 ==Problems==
 The topic of parents wanting more control over their kids' education has sparked passionate debates worldwide. Many parents believe that their involvement is crucial to shaping their children’s values, beliefs, and future opportunities. They may feel aggrieved when they perceive that schools or governments are making decisions without considering their input.
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 On the other hand, educational institutions and policymakers argue that balance is needed to ensure a standardized and inclusive education for all students, while still respecting parental perspectives.
 ==References==