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Connectivity
Part 1 of 8 in the series Immersion © Jean-Luc Cornec /tr> “It’s a mobile society,” notes Doug Gross for CNN Tech: Call it good. Call it bad. It just is.… It’s just expected that we all have a...
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••••• IMMERSION •
Concentrating on one course of instruction, subject, or project to the exclusion of all others for several days or weeks; intensive — dictionary.com Connectivity – It’s just expected that we all have...
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Herd Mentality
Part 6 of 7 in the series Sheeple © Gary Larson “Herd mentality describes how people are influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviours, follow trends, and/or purchase items,” explains the...
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Obedience to Authority
Part 5 of 7 in the series Sheeple During the 1970s, neobehaviorists performed countless experiments on adults and children alike. Colleges jumped at the opportunity to test new theories. In 1971, the...
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Information Control
Part 4 of 7 in the series SheepleIn a 12 November 1816 letter to George Logan, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “I hope we shall take warning from the example [England] and crush in it’s [sic] birth the...
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Dumbing Down
Part 3 of 7 in the series Sheeple “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”– Albert Einstein “There...
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Conspiracy Theory
Part 2 of 7 in the series Sheeple “Dictionaries list words as they are popularly conceived,” writes Dr. José Delgado in Physical Control of the Mind, “but current usage sometimes lacks...
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Introduction
Part 1 of 7 in the series Sheeple Reading through email spam or the classified advertisements in a progressive newspaper, one may find offers for everything from assertiveness training1 to sexual...
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••••• SHEEPLE •
Sheeple (a portmanteau of “sheep” and “people”) is a term of disparagement in which people are likened to sheep, a herd animal. The term is used to describe those who voluntarily acquiesce to a...
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Table of Contents
Sheeple – Those who voluntarily acquiesce to a suggestion without critical analysis or research. Introduction – Kids may rationalize, peer pressure, beg, bribe, bully, guilt, or resort to any number...
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