“Knowing how to tell a good story is like having mind control.“ • Alan Alda

“ORGANIZING CHAOS”

“THE conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.

We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society.

Our invisible governors are, in many cases, unaware of the identity of their fellow members in the inner cabinet.

They govern us by their qualities of natural leadership, their ability to supply needed ideas and by their key position in the social structure. Whatever attitude one chooses to take toward this condition, it remains a fact that in almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons—a trifling fraction of our hundred and twenty million—who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind, who harness old social forces and contrive new ways to bind and guide the world.” • Edward Bernays

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Exploring 21st-Century Information Ecology

“What can we trust? Why is the 'information ecology' so damaged, and what would it take to make it healthy? This is a fundamental question, because without good sensemaking, we cannot even begin to act in the world. It is also a central concern in what many are calling the "meaning crisis", because what is meaningful is connected to what is real. Daniel Schmachtenberger is an evolutionary philosopher - his central interest is civilization design: developing new capacities for sense-making and choice-making, individually and collectively, to support conscious sustainable evolution.” • Rebel Wisdom

Defining The Power Of Narrative

“Narrative is as natural to human beings as breathing. We are meaning-seeking animals and our primary means of meaning-making is narrative. Narrative is the way we create, transmit, and in some cases, negotiate meaning. Without narrative, life would be experienced as an unconnected and overwhelming series of random events. We organize, prioritize, and order our experiences through narratives that we usually inherit. What’s more, we understand not only the world around us, but also ourselves, through the narratives we live by; our personal narratives inform our personal identities, our tribal/familial narratives inform our tribal/familial identities, and our national narratives inform our national identity.” • Paul Cobaugh – Medium.com

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Information Warfare • Psychological Warfare • Psychological Operations (United States) • Defense Information School

Narrative Strategies • Introduction-Narrative-Warfare-Primer-Study • Narrative Warfare • Medium.com – Narrative Warfare

Influencer Marketing • Social Influence • Celebrity Branding • Brand Awareness •  Marketing • Advertising 

History Is A Weapon – Propaganda (1928) – Edward Bernays • Propaganda (Book) • Public Relations • Yellow Journalism

Operation Mockingbird • CIA influence on public opinion • Propaganda in the US • White Propaganda • Black Propaganda • Grey Propaganda