#196: “Answers-ready-made”

“Modern technology teaches man to take for granted the world he is looking at; he takes no time to retreat and reflect. Technology lures him on, dropping him into its wheels and movements. No rest, no meditation, no reflection, no conversation— the senses are continually overloaded with stimuli. [Man] doesn’t learn to question his world any more; the screen offers him answers-ready-made.”*

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*Meerloo, Dr. Joost A. M.. The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing (Kindle Locations 3377-3380). Hauraki Publishing. Kindle Edition. Also as quoted at https://academyofideas.com/2021/04/manufacturing-of-a-mass-psychosis-can-sanity-return-to-an-insane-world/

Joost Abraham Maurits Meerloo (March 14, 1903 – November 17, 1976) was a Dutch/American Doctor of Medicine and psychoanalyst. He authored Rape of the Mind, an analysis of brainwashing techniques and thought control in totalitarian states. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_Meerloo