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Weapons of Influence

Follow host, Jacob Ward, (The TODAY Show), from the farthest corners of the globe to the inside of your mind as he sets out to discover we are not who we think we are. We imagine our conscious minds make most decisions, but in reality we go through much of our lives on “autopilot”. And marketers and social media companies rely on it. Hacking Your Mind offers you an autopilot owner’s manual.

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Weapons of Influence

Hacking Your Mind Episode 102 | 55m 56s | CC

The advent of big data has given corporate marketers, social media companies and politicians the ability to hack your autopilot system in shocking new ways. Learn why the survival of democracy itself is at stake and how you can protect it.

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Hacking Your Mind is a production of Oregon Public Broadcasting. OPB executive in charge of production, Steven M. Bass and executive producer, David Davis. Producer, writer and director, Carl Byker; series producer and writer, Kate McMahon; writer and host, Jacob Ward. Hacking Your Mind was made possible by a major grant from the National Science Foundation. Oregon Public Broadcasting is solely responsible for its contents. © 2020 Oregon Public Broadcasting