Exposing the Mechanisms Used to Manipulate Your Thoughts, Actions and Beliefs.

" I'm just saying that when things change this much, this fast, people are allowed to ask what's up with that ?"          Bill Maher Recent polls show an incredible increase in young people no longer identifying as heterosexual.  Around a quarter of Gen. Z identifies as trans , gay , gender queer, lesbian , pan-sexual and a number of other non-heterosexual categories.  And the rate is much higher in young women, so maybe a third of young women have shifted away from a traditional category? Why is this? Let's explore a few reasons why this has occured. First, let's make reference to the Salem Witch Trials . You may ask what that has to do with today. Well, Sigmund Freud discussed what he called " Social Contagion " (I know, during Corona media called that a new "conspiracy theory" yet Freud wrote about it in 1921).  He noted that when one person displays an emotion those around them connect and start to feel the same emotion.  So in refer...

" Apparances are a glimpse of the unseen. "  Anaxagoras This is a hypothetical interview with Jeff, an anti-social psychopath serving prison time and Anna, a pro-social psychopath marketing director for a firm specializing in children's entertainment. Let us assume they are being totally honest as they assume nobody will know their true identities.  Psychologist:  "Hello Jeff and hello Anna, sorry for the shackles Jeff, but your warden insisted. And Anna, I must say you are looking stunning as always. Thank you both for agreeing to meet today. It will advance my research into psychopathy. So Jeff, when did you first determine you were a psychopath?" Jeff: "Well, as a child I never really fit in. People thought I was a dork or something, maybe because I could not understand emotions. I mean, one day my teacher told us her dog got hit by a car and I raised my hand and asked what the big deal was, as she could buy another dog. Later during recess I got beat up...

The following is a fictional presentation of how life might look like to a person living in 2045 based on trends we are seeing today.  Links to my YouTube channel, where related issues are discussed, are at the end of the article. Who could ask for a better late July day in Portland?  The sun is out, there is a cool breeze and, well, its my 30th birthday in a week.  I was born in this city on August 3rd, 2015 and have lived here all my life. My name is Cynthia Hollingsworth and here is my story. My wife and I live in Lake Oswego, a suburb of Portland. She is a children's skills facilitator, what used to be known as a teacher, and I am a specialist employed in the fertility unit of the local hospital.  I know, it is really unusual to have a married couple both working after the economic equalization laws went into effect ten years ago.  As most occupations have been automated it was necessary to provide a base salary, set to sustain an individual at ...