Eric Arthur Markinsen, PhD
@dreamarkinsen.bsky.social
Neuroscientist. Writing about propaganda, algorithmic control, and the death of truth. Former lecturer in Moscow & the US.
Author of Unlightenment. Dispatches here and on Substack.
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Author of Unlightenment. Dispatches here and on Substack.
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dreamarkinsen.carrd.co
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Eric Arthur Markinsen, PhD | Substack
Neuroscientist. Polemicist. Former lecturer in Putin’s Moscow. Writing from the digital trenches about propaganda, algorithmic control, and the death of truth. This is resistance, not reportage. Click...
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This account exists because reality is breaking in real time, and most people are too distracted to notice.
I write about propaganda, neuroscience, digital control, and the death of truth.
The book’s the payload. This Substack is the signal flare.
open.substack.com/pub/dreamarkinsen
I write about propaganda, neuroscience, digital control, and the death of truth.
The book’s the payload. This Substack is the signal flare.
open.substack.com/pub/dreamarkinsen
I built this from the neuron up:
How lies harden into false certainty, why platforms pay for confidence, and the few changes that would put truth on top.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/the-certai...
How lies harden into false certainty, why platforms pay for confidence, and the few changes that would put truth on top.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/the-certai...
The Certainty Trap
We confuse the feeling of knowing with knowledge. This essay shows how that error spreads through feeds and policy, and how to make accuracy win. Eric Arthur Markinsen, PhD
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I built this from the neuron up:
How lies harden into false certainty, why platforms pay for confidence, and the few changes that would put truth on top.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/the-certai...
How lies harden into false certainty, why platforms pay for confidence, and the few changes that would put truth on top.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/the-certai...
It would be nice if Halloween could truly be a sarcastic charade of superstition, but much of the world lives in fantasy everyday.
A culture that rewards magical thinking lowers our evidence bar.
Here’s how superstition wins power and how to stop it.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/on-putting...
A culture that rewards magical thinking lowers our evidence bar.
Here’s how superstition wins power and how to stop it.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/on-putting...
On Putting Away Childish Things
A culture that rewards magical thinking lowers our evidence bar. Fear merchants cash in. Here’s how superstition wins power and how to stop it. Eric Arthur Markinsen, PhD
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October 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It would be nice if Halloween could truly be a sarcastic charade of superstition, but much of the world lives in fantasy everyday.
A culture that rewards magical thinking lowers our evidence bar.
Here’s how superstition wins power and how to stop it.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/on-putting...
A culture that rewards magical thinking lowers our evidence bar.
Here’s how superstition wins power and how to stop it.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/on-putting...
In America the left chants “No kings” in protest on Saturday but still bends over backwards to look pious on Sunday.
You can't reject the divine right to rule while worshipping the system that keeps the 'royal blood' scam alive.
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You can't reject the divine right to rule while worshipping the system that keeps the 'royal blood' scam alive.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/no-kings-n...
No Kings. No Courage or Coherence Either
Rejecting kings while flattering religion keeps power unaccountable. If you want freedom from rulers, end the myth that crowns them. Evidence or nothing. Eric Arthur Markinsen, PhD
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October 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In America the left chants “No kings” in protest on Saturday but still bends over backwards to look pious on Sunday.
You can't reject the divine right to rule while worshipping the system that keeps the 'royal blood' scam alive.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/no-kings-n...
You can't reject the divine right to rule while worshipping the system that keeps the 'royal blood' scam alive.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/no-kings-n...
"Yesmen" are real enemies of progress, but the harder the boss, the more popular they become.
Learn how sycophantic cultures ruin decision-making and lead to disaster, with examples from Putin, Boeing, and Trump.
Stop feeding the blind spots.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/yes-men-ru...
Learn how sycophantic cultures ruin decision-making and lead to disaster, with examples from Putin, Boeing, and Trump.
Stop feeding the blind spots.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/yes-men-ru...
Yesmen Ruin Everything
How authoritarian leaders and sycophantic cultures destroy competence by punishing truth and rewarding flattery. Real-world examples from Putin, Boeing, and Trump. Eric Arthur Markinsen, PhD
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"Yesmen" are real enemies of progress, but the harder the boss, the more popular they become.
Learn how sycophantic cultures ruin decision-making and lead to disaster, with examples from Putin, Boeing, and Trump.
Stop feeding the blind spots.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/yes-men-ru...
Learn how sycophantic cultures ruin decision-making and lead to disaster, with examples from Putin, Boeing, and Trump.
Stop feeding the blind spots.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/yes-men-ru...
Empathy makes everyone happier and better at their jobs.
So why are fascists so scared of it?
Simple- because empathy is also a vaccine against fascism
Now, the far-right would have us lobotomize ourselves, because that’s the only way they can trick us
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/war-on-emp...
So why are fascists so scared of it?
Simple- because empathy is also a vaccine against fascism
Now, the far-right would have us lobotomize ourselves, because that’s the only way they can trick us
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/war-on-emp...
The War on Empathy
New fascist rhetoric would have us lobotomize ourselves, because that’s the only way they can trick us. Dr. Eric Arthur Markinsen
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Empathy makes everyone happier and better at their jobs.
So why are fascists so scared of it?
Simple- because empathy is also a vaccine against fascism
Now, the far-right would have us lobotomize ourselves, because that’s the only way they can trick us
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/war-on-emp...
So why are fascists so scared of it?
Simple- because empathy is also a vaccine against fascism
Now, the far-right would have us lobotomize ourselves, because that’s the only way they can trick us
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/war-on-emp...
Breadlines under glittering skylines.
Enough money to build a high-tech oasis for all, but billionaires rise while rations shrink.
Read the Surah of Hunger.
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Enough money to build a high-tech oasis for all, but billionaires rise while rations shrink.
Read the Surah of Hunger.
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The Surah of Hunger
Millions starve beneath towering skyscrapers. Oil barons and billionaire warlords parade famine for Western sympathy instead of lifting a finger. Dr. Eric Arthur Markinsen.
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September 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Breadlines under glittering skylines.
Enough money to build a high-tech oasis for all, but billionaires rise while rations shrink.
Read the Surah of Hunger.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/surah-of-h...
Enough money to build a high-tech oasis for all, but billionaires rise while rations shrink.
Read the Surah of Hunger.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/surah-of-h...
American politics feels incoherent, by design.
Big money funds both sides, sells hypocrisy, and cashes in on apathy.
Three topics make the story abundantly clear. Israel. Ukraine. Immigration.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/hypocrisy-...
Big money funds both sides, sells hypocrisy, and cashes in on apathy.
Three topics make the story abundantly clear. Israel. Ukraine. Immigration.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/hypocrisy-...
Hypocrisy by design
Billionaire money buys contradictions and apathy. Israel, Ukraine, immigration. How the outrage economy keeps democracy weak and the owners rich. Dr. Eric Arthur Markinsen.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
American politics feels incoherent, by design.
Big money funds both sides, sells hypocrisy, and cashes in on apathy.
Three topics make the story abundantly clear. Israel. Ukraine. Immigration.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/hypocrisy-...
Big money funds both sides, sells hypocrisy, and cashes in on apathy.
Three topics make the story abundantly clear. Israel. Ukraine. Immigration.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/hypocrisy-...
Billionaires are a cost center. Here are the receipts, and the fix.
I take aim at the ultrarich and the braindead toadies pushing the lie of "benevolent elites."
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/evict-free...
I take aim at the ultrarich and the braindead toadies pushing the lie of "benevolent elites."
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/evict-free...
Evict Freeloading Billionaires
Billionaires are a cost center. The receipts are in tax data, lobbying records, and carbon math, and a plan to end the free ride with enforceable reciprocity. Dr. Eric Arthur Markinsen
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Billionaires are a cost center. Here are the receipts, and the fix.
I take aim at the ultrarich and the braindead toadies pushing the lie of "benevolent elites."
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/evict-free...
I take aim at the ultrarich and the braindead toadies pushing the lie of "benevolent elites."
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/evict-free...
Conspiracy nuts are obsessed with fictional Judaism. The oldest lies keep recruiting hateful fools, like the Minneapolis school shooter.
Substack still pays idiots to say "Iran is our friend" and "Jews control the media."
Read how deep the scam goes.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/all-roads-...
Substack still pays idiots to say "Iran is our friend" and "Jews control the media."
Read how deep the scam goes.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/all-roads-...
For Morons, All Roads Lead to Jerusalem
From Substack charlatans to school shooters, the centuries-old antisemitic script keeps recruiting small-minded monsters. Dr. Eric Arthur Markinsen.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Conspiracy nuts are obsessed with fictional Judaism. The oldest lies keep recruiting hateful fools, like the Minneapolis school shooter.
Substack still pays idiots to say "Iran is our friend" and "Jews control the media."
Read how deep the scam goes.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/all-roads-...
Substack still pays idiots to say "Iran is our friend" and "Jews control the media."
Read how deep the scam goes.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/all-roads-...
If a popular self-help program preached violence and hate, it’d be shut down. So why is religion exempt?
Click to see how magical thinking and religious fundamentalism are holding us back from a better world.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/sacred-loo...
Click to see how magical thinking and religious fundamentalism are holding us back from a better world.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/sacred-loo...
The Sacred Loophole
Religions have long been excused for glorifying violence and suffering. It's time to challenge the sacred exceptions and confront the dark truth behind holy texts. Discover why beliefs in eternal tort...
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August 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
If a popular self-help program preached violence and hate, it’d be shut down. So why is religion exempt?
Click to see how magical thinking and religious fundamentalism are holding us back from a better world.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/sacred-loo...
Click to see how magical thinking and religious fundamentalism are holding us back from a better world.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/sacred-loo...
Tyrants aren't masterminds. They're mediocrities who rose by exploiting fear and feeding on our low standards. We keep mistaking shamelessness for genius, and that mistake is killing us. New essay out. Read before the next strongman demands your applause.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/myth-of-th...
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/myth-of-th...
The Myth of the Mastermind: How Stupidity Fuels Tyranny
An exploration of how political leaders who are hailed as geniuses are often mere opportunists. This article uncovers the systemic mediocrity that drives the rise of tyrants, offering a sharp critique...
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Tyrants aren't masterminds. They're mediocrities who rose by exploiting fear and feeding on our low standards. We keep mistaking shamelessness for genius, and that mistake is killing us. New essay out. Read before the next strongman demands your applause.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/myth-of-th...
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/myth-of-th...
The internet sold us free speech as salvation. In reality, it's a colosseum where the cruelest performers dominate, and truth bleeds out backstage. My new polemic tears down this illusion and calls for real resistance. Read it before the algorithm buries it
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/freedoms-f...
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/freedoms-f...
Freedom’s Final Act: how free speech became the plaything of tyrants
A polemical manifesto dismantling the illusion of absolute free speech in the digital age. Examines how algorithms exploit our deepest fears, empower malicious actors, and transform liberty into a glo...
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The internet sold us free speech as salvation. In reality, it's a colosseum where the cruelest performers dominate, and truth bleeds out backstage. My new polemic tears down this illusion and calls for real resistance. Read it before the algorithm buries it
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/freedoms-f...
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/freedoms-f...
Lenin didn’t “liberate” Russia.
He was smuggled in like a virus, paid for by the Kaiser, to sabotage an entire nation’s future.
Real "psyops" are ideological weapons with body counts, not childish TikTok conspiracies.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/lenin-was-...
He was smuggled in like a virus, paid for by the Kaiser, to sabotage an entire nation’s future.
Real "psyops" are ideological weapons with body counts, not childish TikTok conspiracies.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/lenin-was-...
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Lenin didn’t “liberate” Russia.
He was smuggled in like a virus, paid for by the Kaiser, to sabotage an entire nation’s future.
Real "psyops" are ideological weapons with body counts, not childish TikTok conspiracies.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/lenin-was-...
He was smuggled in like a virus, paid for by the Kaiser, to sabotage an entire nation’s future.
Real "psyops" are ideological weapons with body counts, not childish TikTok conspiracies.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/lenin-was-...
Your mind is the battlefield.
Here’s a field manual to help you recognize the 13 propaganda weapons designed to turn you into an obedient instrument.
Before they script your reality, read this:
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/13-weapons...
Here’s a field manual to help you recognize the 13 propaganda weapons designed to turn you into an obedient instrument.
Before they script your reality, read this:
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/13-weapons...
13 Weapons of Modern Propaganda: A Field Manual
A tactical field manual exposing the 13 core propaganda techniques used to mold your mind, distort your morals, and manufacture obedience, and how to see them before they see you. Dr. Eric Arthur Mark...
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Your mind is the battlefield.
Here’s a field manual to help you recognize the 13 propaganda weapons designed to turn you into an obedient instrument.
Before they script your reality, read this:
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/13-weapons...
Here’s a field manual to help you recognize the 13 propaganda weapons designed to turn you into an obedient instrument.
Before they script your reality, read this:
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/13-weapons...
They taught you to hate unions before you could spell "solidarity."
They taught you to love the algorithm before you could question it.
It all started with the Mohawk Valley Formula.
New deep dive out now: dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/mohawk-val...
They taught you to love the algorithm before you could question it.
It all started with the Mohawk Valley Formula.
New deep dive out now: dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/mohawk-val...
The Mohawk Valley Formula: An American blueprint for manipulation that still controls us
Before bots and troll farms, there was the Mohawk Valley Formula, a sinister corporate strategy that demonized workers and hijacked truth. This article traces its chilling evolution from steel strikes...
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
They taught you to hate unions before you could spell "solidarity."
They taught you to love the algorithm before you could question it.
It all started with the Mohawk Valley Formula.
New deep dive out now: dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/mohawk-val...
They taught you to love the algorithm before you could question it.
It all started with the Mohawk Valley Formula.
New deep dive out now: dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/mohawk-val...
Journalism’s dead. Instead, we have useful idiots like Rogan & Fridman.
The BBC takes money from the same Qatari theocrats who bankroll Hamas leaders. Even AP and Reuters now launder terrorist talking points under the banner of neutrality.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/death-of-j...
The BBC takes money from the same Qatari theocrats who bankroll Hamas leaders. Even AP and Reuters now launder terrorist talking points under the banner of neutrality.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/death-of-j...
The Death of Journalism: How Propaganda Killed the News
Unmasking the death of journalism in the digital age, this article exposes the ties between media manipulation, oligarchic funding, and authoritarian propaganda. From Fox News to Al Jazeera and podcas...
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Journalism’s dead. Instead, we have useful idiots like Rogan & Fridman.
The BBC takes money from the same Qatari theocrats who bankroll Hamas leaders. Even AP and Reuters now launder terrorist talking points under the banner of neutrality.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/death-of-j...
The BBC takes money from the same Qatari theocrats who bankroll Hamas leaders. Even AP and Reuters now launder terrorist talking points under the banner of neutrality.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/death-of-j...
So you accidentally radicalized half the planet, hosted livestreams of violence and hate, plus you tanked public trust in science. Oops. Now what?
An open letter to the tech barons who broke reality, and a guide for the rest of us on how to fight back.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/so-you-bro...
An open letter to the tech barons who broke reality, and a guide for the rest of us on how to fight back.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/so-you-bro...
So You Broke Democracy and Poisoned Truth. What now?
An open letter to the tech elites behind today’s disinformation crisis. This sharp, satirical polemic lays out how social media platforms like Meta and X could fix their algorithmic disasters, and wha...
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
So you accidentally radicalized half the planet, hosted livestreams of violence and hate, plus you tanked public trust in science. Oops. Now what?
An open letter to the tech barons who broke reality, and a guide for the rest of us on how to fight back.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/so-you-bro...
An open letter to the tech barons who broke reality, and a guide for the rest of us on how to fight back.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/so-you-bro...
Some protest movements on the left only serve to strengthen the very systems they claim to oppose
Focusing on symbolic protest often undermines genuine efforts for change. It’s time to rethink how we approach solidarity
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/polishing-...
Focusing on symbolic protest often undermines genuine efforts for change. It’s time to rethink how we approach solidarity
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/polishing-...
Mice Polishing the Cat’s Teeth: The Left's Obsession with Self-Destruction
A sharp critique of performative protest movements, examining how the left's support for Hamas often ignores the realities of Gaza’s suffering and undermines true activism. A call for deeper engagemen...
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Some protest movements on the left only serve to strengthen the very systems they claim to oppose
Focusing on symbolic protest often undermines genuine efforts for change. It’s time to rethink how we approach solidarity
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/polishing-...
Focusing on symbolic protest often undermines genuine efforts for change. It’s time to rethink how we approach solidarity
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/polishing-...
Ever wonder why anti-Israel narratives seem scripted? Because they literally were, by the KGB
Decades later, Hamas is still running the same playbook. My latest deep dive traces this pipeline from Cold War psyops to TikTok jihad
Reclaim the truth
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/kgb-invent...
Decades later, Hamas is still running the same playbook. My latest deep dive traces this pipeline from Cold War psyops to TikTok jihad
Reclaim the truth
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/kgb-invent...
How the KGB Invented Modern Anti-Zionism
The "Palestinian liberation" narrative wasn’t born in refugee camps. It was midwifed by Moscow. The KGB manufactured an ideological export, not out of solidarity, but strategy, to destabilize the West...
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Ever wonder why anti-Israel narratives seem scripted? Because they literally were, by the KGB
Decades later, Hamas is still running the same playbook. My latest deep dive traces this pipeline from Cold War psyops to TikTok jihad
Reclaim the truth
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/kgb-invent...
Decades later, Hamas is still running the same playbook. My latest deep dive traces this pipeline from Cold War psyops to TikTok jihad
Reclaim the truth
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/kgb-invent...
The voice in your head has been rented out to the feed.
Social media doesn’t just shape your opinions. It punishes your doubts, rewards your conformity, and sells your outrage to the highest bidder.
My latest essay is live:
🔗 dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/algorithmi...
Social media doesn’t just shape your opinions. It punishes your doubts, rewards your conformity, and sells your outrage to the highest bidder.
My latest essay is live:
🔗 dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/algorithmi...
The Algorithmic Superego: How Silicon Valley Hijacked Your Conscience
Social media platforms have become the new moral authorities, not through persuasion, but through coercion. They function as algorithmic superegos: omnipresent, punitive, and sanctimonious. This post ...
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The voice in your head has been rented out to the feed.
Social media doesn’t just shape your opinions. It punishes your doubts, rewards your conformity, and sells your outrage to the highest bidder.
My latest essay is live:
🔗 dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/algorithmi...
Social media doesn’t just shape your opinions. It punishes your doubts, rewards your conformity, and sells your outrage to the highest bidder.
My latest essay is live:
🔗 dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/algorithmi...
Every scroll, every click, the system is shaping you.
In my latest post, I break down how to protect yourself from algorithmic manipulation, avoid emotional burnout, and reclaim control over your beliefs.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/digital-hy...
In my latest post, I break down how to protect yourself from algorithmic manipulation, avoid emotional burnout, and reclaim control over your beliefs.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/digital-hy...
Digital Hygiene: A Field Guide for the Mentally Ambushed
In a system designed to hijack your instincts and monetize your emotions, survival demands more than awareness. It demands discipline. This post delivers a tactical field guide to digital hygiene: how...
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
May 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Every scroll, every click, the system is shaping you.
In my latest post, I break down how to protect yourself from algorithmic manipulation, avoid emotional burnout, and reclaim control over your beliefs.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/digital-hy...
In my latest post, I break down how to protect yourself from algorithmic manipulation, avoid emotional burnout, and reclaim control over your beliefs.
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/digital-hy...
The internet’s distorted ideas of masculinity are only going to get worse.
Algorithms reward outrage, amplify delusion, and turn men into content zombies.
Part 2 of my series is up now. This one dissects the machinery.
Beliefs aren't chosen.
Read here: dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/the-algori...
Algorithms reward outrage, amplify delusion, and turn men into content zombies.
Part 2 of my series is up now. This one dissects the machinery.
Beliefs aren't chosen.
Read here: dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/the-algori...
The Algorithm’s Macho Men: How Social Media Creates Nihilists, Pseudo-Intellectuals, and Self-Improvement Zombies (Part 2 of 2)
It’s not an accident. The algorithm engineers weakness on purpose. Part 2 dives into how outrage, narcissism, and hollow "growth" were built into the machinery—and what it costs when men mistake consu...
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The internet’s distorted ideas of masculinity are only going to get worse.
Algorithms reward outrage, amplify delusion, and turn men into content zombies.
Part 2 of my series is up now. This one dissects the machinery.
Beliefs aren't chosen.
Read here: dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/the-algori...
Algorithms reward outrage, amplify delusion, and turn men into content zombies.
Part 2 of my series is up now. This one dissects the machinery.
Beliefs aren't chosen.
Read here: dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/the-algori...
What happens when insecure men are fed into a machine built to reward ego, outrage, and illusion?
You get today's parade of hollowed-out archetypes- men who’ve mistaken consumption for thought and posture for power.
Read here: dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/algo-macho...
You get today's parade of hollowed-out archetypes- men who’ve mistaken consumption for thought and posture for power.
Read here: dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/algo-macho...
The Algorithm’s Macho Men: How Social Media Creates Nihilists, Pseudo-Intellectuals, and Self-Improvement Zombies (Part 1 of 2)
Social media algorithms turn men into nihilists, pseudo-intellectuals, and self-help zombies. This polemic explores how the system exploits insecurities, creating false promises of power, wealth, and ...
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
What happens when insecure men are fed into a machine built to reward ego, outrage, and illusion?
You get today's parade of hollowed-out archetypes- men who’ve mistaken consumption for thought and posture for power.
Read here: dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/algo-macho...
You get today's parade of hollowed-out archetypes- men who’ve mistaken consumption for thought and posture for power.
Read here: dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/algo-macho...
Beliefs are more like habits than choices.
You're chasing a cheap thrill when you click on algorithmic content. Dopamine doesn’t fact-check. My latest post- how propaganda hijacks your nervous system.
#DigitalPropaganda #Dopamine #InformationWarfare
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/propaganda...
You're chasing a cheap thrill when you click on algorithmic content. Dopamine doesn’t fact-check. My latest post- how propaganda hijacks your nervous system.
#DigitalPropaganda #Dopamine #InformationWarfare
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/propaganda...
How Propaganda Hijacks Your Dopamine System
You’re not choosing your beliefs. You’re reacting to rewards. Dopamine doesn’t ask if it’s true, it asks if it felt good last time. My latest post breaks down how propaganda hijacks your nervous syste...
dreamarkinsen.substack.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Beliefs are more like habits than choices.
You're chasing a cheap thrill when you click on algorithmic content. Dopamine doesn’t fact-check. My latest post- how propaganda hijacks your nervous system.
#DigitalPropaganda #Dopamine #InformationWarfare
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/propaganda...
You're chasing a cheap thrill when you click on algorithmic content. Dopamine doesn’t fact-check. My latest post- how propaganda hijacks your nervous system.
#DigitalPropaganda #Dopamine #InformationWarfare
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/propaganda...
The Enlightenment didn’t save us. The scientific revolution didn't free us. They just gave our manipulators sharper tools.
New essay up: The Enlightenment Was a Failed Experiment
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/failed-exp...
#Unlightenment #InformationWarfare
New essay up: The Enlightenment Was a Failed Experiment
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/failed-exp...
#Unlightenment #InformationWarfare
The Enlightenment Was a Failed Experiment. Here’s What Replaced It.
The first in my weekly essays series
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April 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The Enlightenment didn’t save us. The scientific revolution didn't free us. They just gave our manipulators sharper tools.
New essay up: The Enlightenment Was a Failed Experiment
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/failed-exp...
#Unlightenment #InformationWarfare
New essay up: The Enlightenment Was a Failed Experiment
dreamarkinsen.substack.com/p/failed-exp...
#Unlightenment #InformationWarfare