1/ People are hardwired for connection to a higher power. If you don’t provide a genuine spiritual conversation, people become more vulnerable to a counterfeit version.
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2/ People are hardwired for dedication to tribe. If you don’t provide a genuinely patriotic conversation, people become more vulnerable to a nationalistic version.
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3/ People have an instinctive way of knowing when somebody’s not telling the real truth. If you don’t provide the space for radically genuine truth-telling, people become vulnerable to conspiratorial lies.

May 23, 2020 · 3:02 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
People have multiple instinctive drives that cause them to accept/reject other people's claims. None of them point true north toward truth. If you're serious about believing true things and rejecting false things, you need to do better than instinct.
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That’s where propaganda comes in - mixing up the dots. Creating false narratives that appear to explain what had previously seemed unexplainable.
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