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The instability of truth : brainwashing, mind control, and hyper-persuasion / Rebecca Lemov

This work examines the history and mechanisms of mind control, from Cold War military tactics to modern social media algorithms. It analyses how emotional engineering and surveillance capitalism are used to influence human behaviour and perception in the digital age.

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