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Year: 2012
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I mentioned in my post from the other day that my current read has renewed my interest in cults. Specifically, the Rajneesh cult in central Oregon in the 1980s. I was talking about the book, Influence, with a couple of coworkers who are also reading it. In the book’s chapter on Social Proof, the Jonestown…
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Halloween of 1973. I was 4 years old. I remember this. I am with our neighbor. She took me to a halloween party at, I think, her school. I remember having a lot of fun at this party. I have a very clear memory of a trick someone did involving invisible ink. They wrote something…
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I am reading a fascinating book called, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini. One of the chapters is about Social Proof. This is when groups of people decide to do something – or decide not to do something – because the group is doing it or not doing it. One of the examples…
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So here is a photo I took of a tree.
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