A review of this book by Margaret Heffernan, what we can learn from it, how to deepen our understanding of why so many fail to see the absurdities and atrocities of the 2020s to date
Thanks Nicholas... i enjoyed the video " The dangers of "willful blindness"
Such speaches always stir up conflicting emotions in me . Of course I admire people with the
courage to say what others won't ( for the reasons given by Ms. Heffernan . )
In that context... I will say that I also feel the emotion of futility . I won't bore the public with
personal experiences , but if honest I think that most people... even those who
really hate what is going on.... no matter how "brave" ..... will look at the risks involved , and weigh the probabilities of success or failure. And of course the consequences . Those who in the past faced such consequences might be even more hesitant.
We are not living in a Hollywood movie where the good guy rides into the sunset . Though I will admit to having some Cowboy dreams where i have just cleaned up the whole town
Indeed, there is much conflict and confusion with this mess, and I rarely know what to make of it all either. This is certainly no Hollywood formula. It is more like every dystopian film you've ever watched, mashed up, rebooted, and painfully slow to watch unfold. All we can do is keep going, keep our resolve, and keep talking about reality. When we stop talking about it, more people succumb to delusions and fake narratives. Thanks for your honest comments.
Well written and so true. Some of this consensus perception management also explains why the internet often dissolves into such an unthinking and banal space. Mob rules. Indeed part of the perception management was almost certainly the making of everyone into heroes for acting against their best interests early on...
Exactly! The better we can understand and study what has happened, and is still happening, the more calmly and coherently we can hopefully articulate ourselves at opportune moments with anyone who is willing to listen.
Apr 6, 2023·edited Apr 6, 2023Liked by Nicholas Creed
I have been continuously attacked , or at least seen as "pessimistic" ...... for over a year now , as i present my view of what i see as the obvious : the human species is really screwed . The events of the last 3 years make this so clear , and the substack writers almost overwhemingly write articles explaining who and what is controlling us . Oligarchs, corportations, evil billionaires, wef, who, nato, bildenburg, on and on. One big currupt system.... controlled by at best, a very small group.
Forced shut downs, mandates, poison shots, even sudden deaths ! No matter, the blogs keep blogging. The arteries keep clogging. If anyone is "waking up" they sure are not walking past my window. Ahhhhh, but I am very unpopular. My willful telling the truth about what we see does not go over well . Do we ignore the obvious because we can do nothing about it ? Note: i expect the response such as "we see , we are awake, but only an optimistic view on the future is acceptable if we are to overcome. Good has always prevailed in the end ."
An overweight person continues on for years, progressing slowly to obesity . And then..... they die.
Blind optimism ........ thinking that things will change because they hope it will.
We can only change ourself....and maybe those very close to us . That is the truth. If 7 billion people did that, then, we shall overcome. Over the last 30 years there have been more self-help videos and motivational videos and health club openings and health preachers than at any time in history. The only change has been a downward spiral in almost all aspects of health and spirituality. Comfort, conformity, and consumerism have been the opium of the masses ............. and while they slept, the Monster grew.
Apr 8, 2023·edited Apr 8, 2023Liked by Nicholas Creed
The booster uptake dropped significantly. I wondered why. People in general aren't consciously aware of the danger of the vaccines!
But they are perceiving something subconsciously about the shots. Sensing that there's a debate, which was censored brutally before, they consciously call it crazy, but aren't motivated to get the next "new and improved" bivalent booster.
It's a good sign that they don't need to consciously realize the risks in order to take a step back from the scam.
"And then there is the psychological effect of the Big Lie which is axiomatic in gaslighting. The paradox here is that the bigger the lie, the harder it is for the mind to bridge the gulf between perceived reality and the lie that authority figures are painting as truth. I believe that the prospect of being deceived evinces a primitive emotional response on a par with staring death in the face. We are hard-wired to fear deception because we have evolved to interpret it as an existential threat. That’s why deception can elicit the same emotional response as the miscalculation of a serious physical threat. Lies told to us don’t always bear the same cost as a misjudged red light, but the primitive part of the brain can’t make this distinction and we rely on cerebral mediation for a more appropriate but delayed response. And in the long run, the lie is often just as dangerous as the physical threat. Many government whoppers – ‘safe and effective’ – do cost lives.
To avoid the death-like experience of being deceived, a mental defence is erected to deny that the lie is happening."
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"The evolutionary psychologist William von Hippel found that humans use large parts of thinking power to navigate social world rather than perform independent analysis and decision making. For most people it is the mechanism that, in case of doubt, will prevent one from thinking what is right if, in return, it endangers one’s social status. This phenomenon occurs more strongly the higher a person’s social status. Another factor is that the more educated and more theoretically intelligent a person is, the more their brain is adept at selling them the biggest nonsense as a reasonable idea, as long as it elevates their social status. The upper educated class tends to be more inclined than ordinary people to chase some intellectual boondoggle. " -Sasha Latypova
Excellent find, Nicholas, thanks, checking it out and aligning it with Self-Deception (Robert Trivers), Cognitive Dissonance, and Obedience to Authority. Stay safe and free.
Sadly true and only just the beginning of the mRNA being pushed as an elixir for other ailments - in the first instance, the conditions created by the original batch. People will likely be the most willfully blind to the food supply being contaminated with mRNA, starting with livestock.
Thanks Nicholas... i enjoyed the video " The dangers of "willful blindness"
Such speaches always stir up conflicting emotions in me . Of course I admire people with the
courage to say what others won't ( for the reasons given by Ms. Heffernan . )
In that context... I will say that I also feel the emotion of futility . I won't bore the public with
personal experiences , but if honest I think that most people... even those who
really hate what is going on.... no matter how "brave" ..... will look at the risks involved , and weigh the probabilities of success or failure. And of course the consequences . Those who in the past faced such consequences might be even more hesitant.
We are not living in a Hollywood movie where the good guy rides into the sunset . Though I will admit to having some Cowboy dreams where i have just cleaned up the whole town
Indeed, there is much conflict and confusion with this mess, and I rarely know what to make of it all either. This is certainly no Hollywood formula. It is more like every dystopian film you've ever watched, mashed up, rebooted, and painfully slow to watch unfold. All we can do is keep going, keep our resolve, and keep talking about reality. When we stop talking about it, more people succumb to delusions and fake narratives. Thanks for your honest comments.
Well written and so true. Some of this consensus perception management also explains why the internet often dissolves into such an unthinking and banal space. Mob rules. Indeed part of the perception management was almost certainly the making of everyone into heroes for acting against their best interests early on...
Exactly! The better we can understand and study what has happened, and is still happening, the more calmly and coherently we can hopefully articulate ourselves at opportune moments with anyone who is willing to listen.
I have been continuously attacked , or at least seen as "pessimistic" ...... for over a year now , as i present my view of what i see as the obvious : the human species is really screwed . The events of the last 3 years make this so clear , and the substack writers almost overwhemingly write articles explaining who and what is controlling us . Oligarchs, corportations, evil billionaires, wef, who, nato, bildenburg, on and on. One big currupt system.... controlled by at best, a very small group.
Forced shut downs, mandates, poison shots, even sudden deaths ! No matter, the blogs keep blogging. The arteries keep clogging. If anyone is "waking up" they sure are not walking past my window. Ahhhhh, but I am very unpopular. My willful telling the truth about what we see does not go over well . Do we ignore the obvious because we can do nothing about it ? Note: i expect the response such as "we see , we are awake, but only an optimistic view on the future is acceptable if we are to overcome. Good has always prevailed in the end ."
An overweight person continues on for years, progressing slowly to obesity . And then..... they die.
Blind optimism ........ thinking that things will change because they hope it will.
We can only change ourself....and maybe those very close to us . That is the truth. If 7 billion people did that, then, we shall overcome. Over the last 30 years there have been more self-help videos and motivational videos and health club openings and health preachers than at any time in history. The only change has been a downward spiral in almost all aspects of health and spirituality. Comfort, conformity, and consumerism have been the opium of the masses ............. and while they slept, the Monster grew.
The booster uptake dropped significantly. I wondered why. People in general aren't consciously aware of the danger of the vaccines!
But they are perceiving something subconsciously about the shots. Sensing that there's a debate, which was censored brutally before, they consciously call it crazy, but aren't motivated to get the next "new and improved" bivalent booster.
It's a good sign that they don't need to consciously realize the risks in order to take a step back from the scam.
2 pertinent quotes about this issue:
(From https://leftlockdownsceptics.com/alleged-cia-involvement-in-jfk-assassination-goes-mainstream-so-now-what/ )
"And then there is the psychological effect of the Big Lie which is axiomatic in gaslighting. The paradox here is that the bigger the lie, the harder it is for the mind to bridge the gulf between perceived reality and the lie that authority figures are painting as truth. I believe that the prospect of being deceived evinces a primitive emotional response on a par with staring death in the face. We are hard-wired to fear deception because we have evolved to interpret it as an existential threat. That’s why deception can elicit the same emotional response as the miscalculation of a serious physical threat. Lies told to us don’t always bear the same cost as a misjudged red light, but the primitive part of the brain can’t make this distinction and we rely on cerebral mediation for a more appropriate but delayed response. And in the long run, the lie is often just as dangerous as the physical threat. Many government whoppers – ‘safe and effective’ – do cost lives.
To avoid the death-like experience of being deceived, a mental defence is erected to deny that the lie is happening."
------
"The evolutionary psychologist William von Hippel found that humans use large parts of thinking power to navigate social world rather than perform independent analysis and decision making. For most people it is the mechanism that, in case of doubt, will prevent one from thinking what is right if, in return, it endangers one’s social status. This phenomenon occurs more strongly the higher a person’s social status. Another factor is that the more educated and more theoretically intelligent a person is, the more their brain is adept at selling them the biggest nonsense as a reasonable idea, as long as it elevates their social status. The upper educated class tends to be more inclined than ordinary people to chase some intellectual boondoggle. " -Sasha Latypova
Very salient points, thank you for sharing.
Excellent find, Nicholas, thanks, checking it out and aligning it with Self-Deception (Robert Trivers), Cognitive Dissonance, and Obedience to Authority. Stay safe and free.
Sadly true and only just the beginning of the mRNA being pushed as an elixir for other ailments - in the first instance, the conditions created by the original batch. People will likely be the most willfully blind to the food supply being contaminated with mRNA, starting with livestock.