Psyop Expert: Secret Techniques For Psychological Power - Chase Hughes - #1103
5/28/20262 hr 9 min
Chase Hughes is a former U.S. Navy Chief, behavior and influence expert, speaker, and author. Are you being brainwashed right now? What if the ideas you think are yours were carefully planted to make you believe you came up with them yourself? Maybe this pod is a psyop, maybe it isn’t, but listen, and maybe you’ll learn how to spot one. Expect to learn if we happen to live in the most psychologically manipulated era in history, what the most effective mass behavioural engineering campaign in history was, how mass persuasion and brainwashing work at scale, the behaviors that unconsciously trigger attraction, how to read anyone and spot their insecurities fast and much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get a free bottle of D3K2, an AG1 Welcome Kit, and more when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get up to 20% off Timeline powered by Mitopure (now at a lower price) at https://timeline.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get up to $50 off the RP Hypertrophy App at https://rpstrength.com/modernwisdom Get ChatGPT to explore ideas, solve problems, and learn faster at https://chatgpt.com Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman
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First 90 secondsChris Williamson· Host0:00
Who are you? How do you describe what you do for work?
Chase Hughes· Guest0:02
It's so hard. But, uh, if, if I'm talking to somebody that's boring, I'll just tell them I teach psychology stuff. But if I wanna get into it, I'll, I'll say, you know, I, I teach, uh, all... everything from brainwashing to interrogation, uh, applied on yourself and other people. And most of what I do is train sales teams on nowadays. So it-- sales has gotten really addicted to this stuff. Uh, but I've studied neuroscience for a long time, and I've spent my life trying to figure out how the brain works and how to shift human behavior, not just, like, to get someone to confess to something in an interrogation, but how do we modify our own behavior and, and what are the mechanics that make that possible?
Chris Williamson· Host0:40
Do you think we're living in the most psychologically manipulated era in human history?
Chase Hughes· Guest0:45
Yes. Hands down. But I mean, you go to ancient Rome, some, some shit would happen and they would say, "Hey, do the, do the lion fighting thing with the guy. Let's distract everybody." So I, I don't think it's new.
Chris Williamson· Host0:58
Hmm.
Chase Hughes· Guest0:58
I think it's a lot more pervasive, though.
Chris Williamson· Host1:00
Is that because of it being facilitated through technology, or is that because of a requirement for control? What's the motivation for that?
Chase Hughes· Guest1:07
I think the... Uh, just the digital media. If you think about what is the number one fear of human beings, like every psychology class talks about it. It's the public speaking. But it's never public speaking. It's, "I, I don't wanna be judged. I don't wanna be ostracized," 'cause our w- in our brain that's two hundred thousand years old, uh, getting kicked