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Here's a post that has been on HN before covers what phase of technology adoption we're in.

https://idlewords.com/talks/ancient_web.htm

Basically we've seen this kind of cultural manipulation on a massive scale before more than once. The last time it happened the manipulators were people like Joseph Goebbels. Remember the first thing the Nazi's did when they annexed a territory was to seize all forms of mass communication. Radios were replaced with new radios that could only be tuned to Nazi stations.

But I heard from a talk given by a Hungarian Jew, Robert Holczer, who was secretly working for the Antifa in the city of Prague that was under control of the Nazis in the 40s. Even when listening to Nazi radio with their propaganda, he could tell when the tide had turned against Germany. There are always clues, he said; He figured out that the Normandy Invasion was successful by listening to Nazi Propaganda, for example.

Eventually the culture-hacking turns against the hackers.



Is there any chance there's a recording of the talk by Robert Holczer, may peace be upon him?

edit: found a recording and a transcript, https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504887


> Eventually the culture-hacking turns against the hackers.

An undecided voter told MSNBC their cynical coverage of Sanders made her angry enough she said ‘Okay, Bernie’s got my vote.' On live TV.

https://youtu.be/rdCL6CxiBmk




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