<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 01:57:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/groupthink/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[[religious brainwash]  Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #1/57]]></title><description><![CDATA[display: block; text-align: left; text-indent: 1em; margin: 4pt 0 0 } .calibre_10 { display: block; text-align: center; text-indent: 0; margin: 4pt 0 0 } font-style: italic } .mbp_pagebreak { display:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/persuasion/@orgs/religious-brainwash-opening-minds-the-secret-world-of-manipulation-undue-influence-and-brainwashing-1-57-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/persuasion/@orgs/religious-brainwash-opening-minds-the-secret-world-of-manipulation-undue-influence-and-brainwashing-1-57-1</guid><category><![CDATA[persuasion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[orgs]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 04:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Groupthink]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo by Chang Duong on Unsplash Groupthink always occurs in a cohesive group in which members have strong feelings toward the group and are highly motivated to remain part of that group. In such a group,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/groups/@learningpages/groupthink</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/groups/@learningpages/groupthink</guid><category><![CDATA[groups]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[learningpages]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUeJEn5AVrJUoyatFqBqfcCJi1N7UixR4g2KPKN7w8NpZKNf9ep5HRUB98P8hzht8XHQsdqEAfpWRy3AnY2NNj7W2rKmQXR576Y5GcwAjQ3ZkuXj5Pf8JBUo3tJLJsb64UtAU9BfQikJ6gCgehtsMpF3m5hjqwPcubgz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[AI]Socialized Group Thinking]]></title><description><![CDATA[DAO Democracy: i need to do reearch about a twitch streamer network. can you help? The idea is to research social networking on twitch . twitch has designed an application where creators have grouped together]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/freedomdao/@gray00/ai-socialized-group-thinking</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/freedomdao/@gray00/ai-socialized-group-thinking</guid><category><![CDATA[freedomdao]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gray00]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2023 23:34:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behavioral Economics : The Effect of Groupthink on Investment Decisions and Market Outcomes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo Source Behavioral economics is a field of study that seeks to understand how cognitive and emotional factors influence economic decision-making. One important concept in behavioral economics is the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@kevinnag58/behavioral-economics-the-effect-of-groupthink-on-investment-decisions-and-market-outcomes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@kevinnag58/behavioral-economics-the-effect-of-groupthink-on-investment-decisions-and-market-outcomes</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kevinnag58]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2023 12:58:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83ixJYJs5BDdJJYFuMoedzmjkPGSaGQNdgKJcuL6SEKf75ADh1ZWVRdyUEuuPSDQCkA9n7qZ6N9rpn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ We don't need to make everyone think that the state lies about EVERYTHING to have liberty.]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the most damaging and ridiculous libertarian quotes is, "government lies about everything" People who regurgitate this liberty groupthink nonsense are really liars themselves. When a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/government/@mingus/we-dont-need-to-make-everyone-think-that-the-state-lies-about-everything-to-have-liberty</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/government/@mingus/we-dont-need-to-make-everyone-think-that-the-state-lies-about-everything-to-have-liberty</guid><category><![CDATA[government]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mingus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2022 00:11:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCYTHdx4nPCY4pV1M1YLjpqkNPDDyFTbzu3C1aNw3MYb8rgk7pSdtWBCxP5GU6mysMhph5XJRuJWjZRG5ZFomPKgHMKWUUcakdoh5st8W2Wa1qp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad Girl]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bad Girl Experiences of the last few months have sent me a reminder of something that’s always in the back of my mind. Reflection time again. When I do that, I withdraw from the world as much as possible]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@nineclaws/bad-girl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@nineclaws/bad-girl</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196233]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nineclaws]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2022 06:19:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4QEAxUv1rk84WsUCAbkAK1dBgFBxt9aSeVZdVQCenwDZGC82qw2yVYphWLZ9L1rodxjH15QJnAdrpw3VngvLumZvEn88KPURnsxVNpkQospVtQTJzz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Groupthink, human complacency and totality of philosophy. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you've opened your mouth and made noises about any controversial issue you've met people who assume the totality of your philosophy. 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From the grocery store cashier to the Uber driver, everyone was saying it. Indeed, Trump's victory]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-181465/@katiecat1111/ending-the-trauma-olympics-and-taking-our-power-back</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-181465/@katiecat1111/ending-the-trauma-olympics-and-taking-our-power-back</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-181465]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[katiecat1111]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2022 14:10:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHnz3WK59yTzHw2o6uogCYeci9YugirJNek4f78CABL2m7KMcB85ATp7q2A3Pv4AdThFAAwo8n4YE29iJFApQ8uowGJBBJifDo5Jm7Gt6u4jq6tXcXMp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people live in false dichotomies.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm an ancap/libertarian, but the groupthink is strong on all sides when it comes to covid. Neither the state nor many groupthink libertarians want to admit to the real middle ground positions that are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/statist/@mingus/most-people-live-in-false-dichotomies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/statist/@mingus/most-people-live-in-false-dichotomies</guid><category><![CDATA[statist]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mingus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:07:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCYTHdx4nPCY4pUEDa4XrTraw5e6XafSqHKXRy4NvYWFcx4MeHrn2xwRsyVs5epEzU72aMWj93tTALxnHNREdwjmoGooGiScZXNG9BbCwF4yPtJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My great, great, great Grandfather was Hung in the Salem Witch Trials]]></title><description><![CDATA[This Autumn Equinox marks the anniversary of the hanging of Samuel Wardwell, one of my great, great grandfathers. He was accused during the Salem Witch Trials and hanged on September 22nd, 1692. Wardwell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/equinox/@medikatie/my-great-great-great-grandfather-was-hung-in-the-salem-witch-trials</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/equinox/@medikatie/my-great-great-great-grandfather-was-hung-in-the-salem-witch-trials</guid><category><![CDATA[equinox]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[medikatie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 04:03:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rhwy8djXx1eXWJ6YBLpHUspvtDX9UjUdpsTQear9AdWXehJYbDewq1sEY2DMLMC29K8Ley1VKfc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Scientists Talk About Politics...]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s no secret that most scientists are progressives. (I am talking about your average scientist, not government bureaucrats such as Tony Fauci who is more a politician than a scientist.) So when scientists]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@thythinker/when-scientists-talk-about-politics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@thythinker/when-scientists-talk-about-politics</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thythinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2021 15:23:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdAD9rYwjD1VDFVfes4J8WBmiaYPdeSSvp6UisdAdeM1yRAHoqAvB7rvyDKGSjYdFdZLZn3ptTbRxuCT1mY6ZdkdjP3qyv4ypNcYrgLRUXfy7KvvNa7jMX79NdQpN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why has everything been going in one direction for so long irrespective of which party is in power?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Was listening to a leftist podcast today, a conversation between a random progressive author and Andrew Yang, and something really stuck out to me. They were talking about how, because the Senate is 50/50]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@flexbooth/why-has-everything-been-going-in-one-direction-for-so-long-irrespective-of-which-party-is-in-power</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@flexbooth/why-has-everything-been-going-in-one-direction-for-so-long-irrespective-of-which-party-is-in-power</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[flexbooth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:41:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Gk2nmMzZsWTf3jiuAtYaPvpgE4YKY1pCSY6RKvpYd5uhPWiTBWSv1g2xLS9CkVahLkR3ppuwnSVWm8abW5vL9jraCgp7eMYYzkzSBrkVJNYv9C79g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tribalism is biological. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[No amount of talking to a “Liberal” will change their mind, because they are just trying to stay in good standing with their tribe. We all do it. This phenomenon is so powerful that psychologists have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tribalism/@nooses/tribalism-is-biological</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tribalism/@nooses/tribalism-is-biological</guid><category><![CDATA[tribalism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nooses]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:26:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPaYV4kTz4GCveAWxV8mUAgE6jg7PzdvQBoGn97TMw5BrrqK543e93tNamzfgnhoX1GA1kis6GB1Nbbc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feeling Extreme? Just Sheep Think!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sorry. I'm feeling a bit extreme. Yeah, I know. Better tone that down. Don't want anyone labeling me as an extremist for feeling extreme. That would be bad. Extremism is out. Being the same is in. Think]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@glenalbrethsen/feeling-extreme-just-sheep-think</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@glenalbrethsen/feeling-extreme-just-sheep-think</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[glenalbrethsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 07:38:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCK6yq1XKF2z9F8sayRpwConx4qLBJ1Nbx19pKA3XUJx7MW3rcw9D4v3ZKmVcCWJQ8hKLSaSJWJpB3Eex8MJfRUorjjNJ4onPQhnmgF9yXRNofYGjHHg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Niqab Banned While Face Masks Mandatory in Quebec & France]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2017 after rising tensions with mass muslim immigration, Quebec passed a bill to ban face coverings for anyone giving or receiving public services. Although there have been multiple attempts to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/coronavirus/@medikatie/niqab-banned-while-face-masks-mandatory-in-quebec-and-france</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/coronavirus/@medikatie/niqab-banned-while-face-masks-mandatory-in-quebec-and-france</guid><category><![CDATA[coronavirus]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[medikatie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2020 06:45:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdtKm1ixfRE6SfgaSiANQC1qU1d2n4MjprCfRGobqp9ezfHWvJGiDVVEXcekBqbFT7jM8WzoExr948X5phvPVRvJ1YCs5ym6X8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Am Finally Awakening To More Truth...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I woke up this morning to an invitation from The Freedom Cells Network that Derrick Broze set up A Denver gal had set up a Denver Freedom Cell Group, finally. I am not really available for that anyway]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@in2itiveart/i-am-finally-awakening-to-more-truth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@in2itiveart/i-am-finally-awakening-to-more-truth</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[in2itiveart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 04:54:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3ba2VJAE1ZhN2oVhekeqoshg9DUnSyUd2Cnt4YtUMpZp3s2Jwfe9ohCjRnsyhpqrbpzuQ3Gmsrkx4PjCpKSkke9Mqg3hS68S7h7sotMBYvsH2Emo3VTVjDwXvZ95kdPnQAdppWTpneLXM7kuC5viS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[.]]></title><description><![CDATA[.r>]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/palnet/@palikari123/rhymes-for-dimes-group-think-trap</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/palnet/@palikari123/rhymes-for-dimes-group-think-trap</guid><category><![CDATA[palnet]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[palikari123]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2020 15:17:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesla Cybertruck - reactions and groupthink bias ... plus My Actifit Report Card: December 16 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am very interested in Tesla - not so much the cars but Tesla the company. This includes the impact it could have on our future, their autonomous taxi fleets, the speed in which the gigafactories are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@mrhill/actifit-mrhill-20191216t110152863z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@mrhill/actifit-mrhill-20191216t110152863z</guid><category><![CDATA[actifit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mrhill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 11:01:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn8gFT4XKXKHpe8Yn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Groupthink and Moral Relativism ~(Part III)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now we understand that we, as a culture, are bred to gauge our success through the validation of others, and therefore look towards others for affirmations on what is morally just. We also know that cultural]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@striderpunk/groupthink-and-moral-relativism-part-iii</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@striderpunk/groupthink-and-moral-relativism-part-iii</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[striderpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2019 19:19:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWY9tyHsyNB7tzcozFT2Z93eTFucfW8A1z3EdZvenXeawCKB7arkpCkmRYDCGNwB5DJmtbTS6asxs3AQwGJN3wk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Groupthink and Moral Relativism ~(Part II)]]></title><description><![CDATA[What does all of this have to do with Success, Groupthink and Moral Relativism? My wife is Thai. The article she read about success was written by a Thai social figurehead, and I think that his take is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@striderpunk/groupthink-and-moral-relativism-part-ii</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@striderpunk/groupthink-and-moral-relativism-part-ii</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[striderpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2019 17:43:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWY9tyHsyNB7tzcozFT2Z93eTFucfW8A1z3EdZvenXeawCKB7arkpCkmRYDCGNwB5DJmtbTS6asxs3AQwGJN3wk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>