I studied and worked in the advertising industry for 30 years and during that time I never saw anything as effective in brainwashing people's mind as what social media and skewed mass media has been able to do within 15 years time. Social media and biased news medias have allowed foreign influence campaigns, disinformation, misinformation and propaganda to worm its way into people's heads with enough echo chamber confirmation bias, that half our country lives in bespoke realities that have no basis in truth. These people are easily swayed to vote against, or purchase against, their own economic and political best interest.
The book "Invisible Rulers" does a great job at documenting how this happened, the tactics that propagandists use to achieve their evil goals, and how society has fallen prey to beliefs that are dangerous to its own existence. The book also offers ways to fight back against the …
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Illustrator, Cartoonist and Satirist who lives in the Pacific Northwest. He formerly lived and worked in New York City where he honed his appreciation for comedy, irony and sarcasm while working in the Advertising Industry. My comics are heavily influenced by the kind of twisted humor found in MAD, Cracked and National Lampoon magazines. If you’re a fan of those magazines, you’ll enjoy his books. My work has been published by The American Bystander, Freaky Magazine, The Nib, The Village Voice, The New York Press, and Dark Horse. I currently have 4 books published. My most recent is "The Ballad of Stinky Pete - Manifesto Calypso Edition." It's a dark satirical tale about a courtroom sketch artist who travels to New York to cover The Donald Trump Hush Money/Financial Crimes Trial. From the moment he arrives in New York City, he suffers a series of misadventures that take him into the world of failed Ad Men, corrupt Casino Mobsters, and Beauty Queens with really odd talents. Look for my comics on Substack at www.erflynncomics.com
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E.R. Flynn reviewed Invisible Rulers by Renee DiResta
An “essential and riveting” (Jonathan Haidt) analysis of the radical shift in the dynamics of …
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I studied and worked in the advertising industry for 30 years and during that time I never saw anything as effective in brainwashing people's mind as what social media and skewed mass media has been able to do within 15 years time. Social media and biased news medias have allowed foreign influence campaigns, disinformation, misinformation and propaganda to worm its way into people's heads with enough echo chamber confirmation bias, that half our country lives in bespoke realities that have no basis in truth. These people are easily swayed to vote against, or purchase against, their own economic and political best interest.
The book "Invisible Rulers" does a great job at documenting how this happened, the tactics that propagandists use to achieve their evil goals, and how society has fallen prey to beliefs that are dangerous to its own existence. The book also offers ways to fight back against the strategies of influence so that we can fight back and maintain sanity in our society. If there's one book to buy that will help you to recognize all the various ways of propaganda, and then defend yourself against it, Invisible Rulers is the book to read.
E.R. Flynn rated Ballad of Stinky Pete: 5 stars
E.R. Flynn rated Ballad of Stinky Pete: 5 stars
E.R. Flynn rated Never Split the Difference: 5 stars

Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz
A former FBI hostage negotiator offers a new, field-tested approach to negotiating – effective in any situation.
After a stint …
E.R. Flynn rated Legion of Regrettable Supervillains: 5 stars
E.R. Flynn rated Light of the Stars: 5 stars

Light of the Stars by Adam Frank
Astrophysicist and NPR commentator on what the latest research on the existence and trajectories of alien civilizations may teach us …
E.R. Flynn rated Super Weird Heroes: Preposterous But True!: 5 stars
E.R. Flynn rated Bob Powells Terror: 5 stars
E.R. Flynn rated Tom Sutton's Creepy Things: 5 stars

Tom Sutton's Creepy Things by Tom Sutton, Nicola Cuti, Joe Gill, and 2 others
E.R. Flynn rated The Art of Robert E McGinnis: 5 stars
E.R. Flynn rated Behaving Madly: 5 stars
E.R. Flynn rated Jack Cole's Deadly Horror: 5 stars
E.R. Flynn rated The Gold-Bug and Other Tales: 5 stars

The Gold-Bug and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe (Dover thrift editions)
Black CatCask of AmontilladoFall of the House of Usher Gold-Bug Ligeia Masque of the Red Death Murders in …