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“We’ve confirmed the Stanford prison experiment.” Bruce crinkled his brow, then took a sip of coffee. “The one where they arbitrarily split students into either prisoners or guards?” Danica nodded. “And each student seamlessly assumed his or her assigned role—to the point where the guards were enforcing authoritarian measures and subjecting their fellow students to psychological torture.”
― Twist and Turn
― Twist and Turn
“It was so unjust, being skewered for getting caught being honest. What did the public want? Lies? That was what they usually got, if they got anything at all. Most were just too stupid to realize it. They let the government get away with exaggerations, obfuscations, misdirections and lies of omission. They let politicians hide behind claims of committee work, confidentiality and national security. The truth was, the CIA and FBI and their European equivalents had all searched extensively for Ivan and none of them had found him. Jo”
― Falling Stars
― Falling Stars
“The rise of social media and decline of peer-reviewed news has made it possible to sell just about any idea. When you can bypass experts, facts and logic cease to be the driving determinant of what’s generally accepted as true. They get replaced by the emotions and impulses of the masses. Manipulating those is just a question of marketing.”
― Boundless Ambition
― Boundless Ambition
John McCaskill’s 2025 Year in Books
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555 books
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285 books
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