The history and science behind why we’re all vulnerable to brainwashing
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We tend to associate “brainwashing” with cults and hostages, but author and science historian Rebecca Lemov says it can happen to anyone.
Her new book “The Instability of Truth” explores the history and science of brainwashing and what it can teach us with misinformation on the rise.
Guests
Rebecca Lemov, professor of history of science at Harvard University. Her research explores data, technology, and the history of human and behavioral sciences. Author of the “The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion.”
Book excerpt
Excerpt from “The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion.” All rights reserved. Not to be reprinted without permission of the publisher.
Content retrieved from: https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026/01/15/history-science-brainwashing-mind-control.
