The Enlightened Spectator
Attorney + Philosopher | I deconstruct the psychology of influence. I do applied philosophy. And I analyze high-agency, human flourishing. You won't just be informed; you'll become dangerous.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 20 | Founded | 3 months ago | Last Issue | a month ago |
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We Are a People: Reclaiming Unity in an Age of Manufactured Division
We are a people. A diverse people. But a united people.
Two hundred and fifty years ago, a special document encoded a revolutionary principle in a declaration to the world: that we are all equal.
Equality is foundational to the institutio...
How Identity Fusion Controls and Erases You
You inhabit a media ecosystem that is carefully engineered to influence your emotions, motivations, objective reasoning, and beliefs.
The Enlightened Spectator helps you navigate that.
This week’s Tactic of the Week deconstructs the follo...
Don't Eat the Cookies: A Parable about Influence
The mom left the siblings at home while she ran some errands.
They were two boys, old enough to look after themselves, but not old enough to keep themselves out of the cookie jar without a direct warning. Billy and James were their names....
How Influence Operators Use OUTRAGE Engineering to Control You
Each week, we deconstruct a tactic that influence operators use to manipulate your emotions, motivations, objective reasoning, and beliefs.
This week’s tactic: outrage engineering.
This tactic triggers emotional systems connected to our m...
Emergence and the Path of Epistemic Self-Respect
You are in a world of artifice. And if you are honest with yourself, you’ve felt it.
You want relational connection. Genuine intimacy. Deep understanding. Access to what is real.
But among others, you see performance, not authenticity.
I...
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