and https://groupsandminds.blogspot.com/2019/03/blog-post_50.html
There are likely parts in these Blogs that sound like fantasy, but ignore those. It's a free country, as the saying goes. Is it as free as we think, or we thought before coronavirus rules & laws hit? Probably you're fed-up as a lot of people, and wonder if we really are all at risk, or might it badly affect our parents or children? How might social viruses be relevant, the idea that certain words, phrases, gestures, can act like self-replicating viruses, spreading through our minds or behaviour without our being conciously aware? Worse still, could people with special knowledge plus antisocial intent, actually do that to others?
What can advertising really achieve anyway? Could someone enhance our fears over this coronavirus, and how might we comply with things, where really none of us knows the answers? What might that have to do with secret societies, or aliens? More importantly, for me at least, is how anyone could think of using knowledge of psychology or people's vulnerability, to gain further advantage. I have no idea if ancient or modern aliens play/ed a part in our development or circumstances. But I am aware of individuals and groups who feel they are special, and that by indulging in certain behaviours or rituals (against others), they will have special immunity when we get hit by some cataclysm. Cults do some of this. To jump across to wider-known religions, reading work by people who've researched beliefs and cultures, there does seem a pattern over many centuries, of belief wars, or egregores, which might explain about motivation.
People often have an innate belief on what their life is about, and I respect that. Why do individuals or groups sometimes do their utmost to derail others? What happened to Live & Let Live, I wonder? Are we generally worse now rather than better? People say the fundamental motivation for murder is sex or money. What about revenge, or beliefs, or what we need or imagine is crucial to our own survival, even if that is mainly about saving face? Some people go through a very different type of educational system than others. I did to an extent, only because I was coached to get through tests of a certain type (though I still can't do maths and bank statements). The world of work soon knocked sense into me over many things.
What strikes me about true crime programmes, is how people get through life's hardships and still strive for ideals without wanting to do another person down. Till someone else comes along and takes the light and hope from them, by taking their life as if that achieves something they needed. Why can we, as a global society, not allow for differences, and get along with our lives and each other as best we can, or simply let others be? Why would psychologists or others use their knowledge to sow discord? I have seen it and it is powerful stuff. 'Stand clear of the doors'.
What can advertising really achieve anyway? Could someone enhance our fears over this coronavirus, and how might we comply with things, where really none of us knows the answers? What might that have to do with secret societies, or aliens? More importantly, for me at least, is how anyone could think of using knowledge of psychology or people's vulnerability, to gain further advantage. I have no idea if ancient or modern aliens play/ed a part in our development or circumstances. But I am aware of individuals and groups who feel they are special, and that by indulging in certain behaviours or rituals (against others), they will have special immunity when we get hit by some cataclysm. Cults do some of this. To jump across to wider-known religions, reading work by people who've researched beliefs and cultures, there does seem a pattern over many centuries, of belief wars, or egregores, which might explain about motivation.
People often have an innate belief on what their life is about, and I respect that. Why do individuals or groups sometimes do their utmost to derail others? What happened to Live & Let Live, I wonder? Are we generally worse now rather than better? People say the fundamental motivation for murder is sex or money. What about revenge, or beliefs, or what we need or imagine is crucial to our own survival, even if that is mainly about saving face? Some people go through a very different type of educational system than others. I did to an extent, only because I was coached to get through tests of a certain type (though I still can't do maths and bank statements). The world of work soon knocked sense into me over many things.
What strikes me about true crime programmes, is how people get through life's hardships and still strive for ideals without wanting to do another person down. Till someone else comes along and takes the light and hope from them, by taking their life as if that achieves something they needed. Why can we, as a global society, not allow for differences, and get along with our lives and each other as best we can, or simply let others be? Why would psychologists or others use their knowledge to sow discord? I have seen it and it is powerful stuff. 'Stand clear of the doors'.