They're skipping through the corridors of Whitehall, they've had a very good epidemic. One of the big learnings is the British people have been sheepish, and there's lots more nudge coming, its worked, why wouldn't they do it ag…
They're skipping through the corridors of Whitehall, they've had a very good epidemic. One of the big learnings is the British people have been sheepish, and there's lots more nudge coming, its worked, why wouldn't they do it again?
And something that just chilled my blood is when I spoke with one of the psychologists who sits on that (SAGE) advisory panel to ask if they've been asked with thinking how to get the British population back to normal. And he seemed shocked that I asked. To paraphrase, his response was 'Normal?? What normal? We're now facing climate change, and we've made great gains on carbon emissions, and we can't go back to normal.' I think you can already see the same tools being used to encourage behavior change to meet net zero targets. I've already seen a very scary ad produced by net zero Scotland already.
I spoke to one longstanding government advisor who told me they're stunned with the weaponization of behavioral psychology.
And I spoke to a psychologist who is on SPIVY, who said they wake up at 3:00am with the fear of what they've done and the dystopia they've created. So this isn't just some mad rambling thesis of mine, I've interviews a multitude of professionals and academic who not only share these concerns, they voice them more clearly than me.
I spoke to an M.P. who told me masks were first brought in because the economic bounce back wasn't good enough after the first lockdown. And then the behavioral scientists realized they're a good signal, because when you see people in masks, you're reminded there's an epidemic, its dangerous out there. We become walking billboards for danger, an epidemic, a virus, and fear. They also represent solidarity according to SPIVY. They love words like solidarity and collectivism, the love the idea that were all in it together with out masks. I think its a really shocking thing to have done to a population.
Laura Dodsworth, Author of A State of Fear: How the UK government weaponised fear during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Available here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-state-of-fear/laura-dodsworth/9781780667201
Excerpts from 'Triggernometry: Fear and Spin: Government Manipulation on COVID-19', July 21st, 2021.
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