{"id":56160,"date":"2022-05-01T05:43:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T05:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=56160"},"modified":"2022-05-01T05:43:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T05:43:51","slug":"rt-lexfridman-human-tendency-to-conform-especially-when-in-large-groups-is-terrifying-propaganda-machines-leverage-this-throughout-human-history-the-way-out-is-to-think-freely-detached-from-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=56160","title":{"rendered":"RT @lexfridman: Human tendency to conform, especially when in large groups, is terrifying. Propaganda machines leverage this throughout human history. The way out is to think freely, detached from the divisive narratives of the day that masquerade as universal truths. This often feels lonely."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"\" dir=\"ltr\">RT @lexfridman: Human tendency to conform, especially when in large groups, is terrifying. Propaganda machines leverage this throughout human history.<\/p>\n<p>The way out is to think freely, detached from the divisive narratives of the day that masquerade as universal truths.<\/p>\n<p>This often feels lonely.<\/p>\n<p>  &mdash; Warren Myers \ud83d\udc27\ud83d\udc3f (@warrenmyers)<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/warrenmyers\/status\/1520639325394059264\">May 1, 2022<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\nfrom Twitter https:\/\/twitter.com\/warrenmyers<\/p>\n<p>May 01, 2022 at 01:40AM<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"https:\/\/ifttt.com\/?ref=da&#038;site=wordpress\">IFTTT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RT @lexfridman: Human tendency to conform, especially when in large groups, is terrifying. Propaganda machines leverage this throughout human history. The way out is to think freely, detached from the divisive narratives of the day that masquerade as universal truths. This often feels lonely. &mdash; Warren Myers \ud83d\udc27\ud83d\udc3f (@warrenmyers) May 1, 2022 from Twitter https:\/\/twitter.com\/warrenmyers &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=56160\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">RT @lexfridman: Human tendency to conform, especially when in large groups, is terrifying. Propaganda machines leverage this throughout human history. The way out is to think freely, detached from the divisive narratives of the day that masquerade as universal truths. This often feels lonely.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[792],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-56160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blih","tag-twitter"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56161,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56160\/revisions\/56161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56160"},{"taxonomy":"keyring_services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fkeyring_services&post=56160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}