MIND VIRUSES: How Fear, Propaganda & Groupthink Hijack Society | John Leake & A.J. Rice
Mind Viruses, Mass Psychology & the Battle for Your Attention | John Leake
What happens when an idea spreads through a society faster than people can stop and question it?
New York Times bestselling author John Leake joins A.J. Rice on Dangerous Laughter for an in-depth conversation about his book, Mind Viruses: America’s Irrational Obsessions, and the psychology behind mass fear, groupthink, propaganda, social contagion, conformity, and institutional authority.
Leake draws on thinkers including Carl Jung, René Girard, H.L. Mencken, Thomas Sowell, and Roger Scruton to examine the ways…
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