Hive Mind
“Most people don't join a group expecting to surrender their judgment to others. Usually, the group becomes part of how they decide what judgment ultimately even looks like.”
Hive Mind explores moral panics, cults, collective fear, social contagion, and other moments when individual judgment becomes entangled with the beliefs of a group. These cases often reveal how belonging, uncertainty, conformity, and social pressure can transform what people accept, believe, and do.
The War On Witches: When Good People Do Evil Things
Most of us think we already understand the witch hunts. We think of Salem; Of pointed hats, black cats, and women accused of consorting with the devil. It's one of history's most recognizable stories, which is exactly why it's so easy to gloss over. We assume we know what happened, file it away under “historic events in the rearview mirror,” and move on. But the deeper you look, the stranger it gets — and the less it has to do with the Salem we think we know.
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