New Age and paranormal. In 1995, it was revealed that in the late 1970s, the U.S. Army created a secret division of psychic soldiers to explore the limits of human potential: They were called Psychic Spies. Well, this is Ronson's non-fiction story about it. And Ronson can say whatever he wants in his funny and serious way.
#jonronson #usarmy #themenwhostareatgoats #psycology #secrets #military #psychicspies #spies #nonfiction #nonfictionbooks #reading #usa #newage #paranormal

from The Crowd, published in 1895:

"Le Bon listed the tricks: ‘A crowd is only impressed by excessive sentiments. Exaggerate, affirm, resort to repetition, and never attempt to prove anything by reasoning.’"

My immediate thoughts, at 3am while reading, was Johnson and Trump.

Quote found in "So You've Been Publicly Shamed" by Jon Ronson.
It's been on my devices for years and I finally got round to reading it.

Very good read.

#Johnson #Trump #JonRonson #Reading

In #THEM, #JonRonson follows a bunch of extremists and conspiracy theorists around to try to unmask the shadowy cabal that rules the world from a secret room and may or may not be made up of 12-foot extraterrestrial lizards.

It's funny, exhausting and reflective. 22 years on from its publication, though, the world seems more confusing than ever.

My second read for #dewithon23 #ReadingWales23 #ReadingWales

https://thinkaboutreading.wordpress.com/2023/03/18/them-adventures-with-extremists/

#jans2023readinglist #books #BookReview

holy SHIT! #jonronson i am going to watch this this weekend. ASAP.
https://www.netflix.com/title/80091936
hey @BetaCuck4Lyfe you may be interested in this.