How do our minds trick us? In this long awaited episode I chat to psychology and politics expert Leo Bremanis about cognitive biases and heuristics. We discuss how it all relates too:
• Manipulation
• Behavioural economics
• Marketing
• Conspiracy theories
• Fallacies
• The rise of fascism
• Mental health
• Anxiety
• OCD
• Evolutionary Psychology
• Mindfulness
The history of Edward Bernays, Freud’s nephew and the father of Public Relations, is explored in Adam Curtis’ phenomenal documentary, the Century of the Self.
The Kirsten Dunst film I mention is called Melancholia and was directed by Lars Von Trier.
