Dr. Stuart Shanker concludes season 1 of The Shanker Chronicles Podcast by deep-diving into the most urgent issue of all - the REAL threat to democracy. From advertisement to politics, sugar, Netflix, and Facebook, Dr. Shanker explores the power the psychology of reasoning and data science has over society and democracy.

Join Dr. Shanker at this season finale, as he shares the true meaning of freedom and the real goal of Self-Reg.

0:00 Intro

0:36 Looking Back

4:09 American Tobacco Company

8:52 "Instead of a dessert, reach for a cigarette!"

11:05 The "Green" Campaign

13:04 Manipulated Consumers

16:29 The Psychology of Reasoning

20:05 Data Science - Netflix Vs. The Wrong Hands

34:50 Freedom - The Ability to Choose

39:42 Trump Campaign - Data Science Masterpiece

42:52 Cambridge Analytica

48:34 Political Lying Isn't New

51:30 Familiarity is Red Brain. Truth is Blue Brain.

53:17 Summary - The Important Insight

58:19 The Real Goal of Self-Reg

The Netflix Technology Blog - https://netflixtechblog.com

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In this episode, Dr. Stuart Shanker overtly unpacks the ever-growing attitude - shamelessness. He reviews the attitude's largest influence sources, from politics to business leaders, provides examples from significant historical events, and explores whether it is narcissistic behaviour or not.

Join Dr. Shanker as he applies a Self-Reg lens on shamelessness and shares the neurological, social, and emotional impact it has on people all around the world.

0:00 Intro

0:35 Shamelessness is Growing

2:32 Weaponizing Shamelessness

6:12 The Impact

9:20 Narcissism?

12:41 The Roots - The Cold War

19:51 Fighting Fire With Fire

25:00 Nixon - "Use Any Means! Is That Clear?"

33:20 Trump - Power Becomes The Goal

35:36 Morality Shift

41:52 Cohesion Vs. Terror

48:41 So Are Shameless Leaders Narcissists?

51:13 Summary - "We Must Resist That Temptation"

56:49 Outro

The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism

Book by Steve Kornacki:

https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Red_and_the_Blue/sO9EDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover

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In this episode, Dr. Stuart Shanker puts judgment aside and attempts to understand the dynamics that the Anti-Vax movement has created. He explores this topic by reviewing its history, social, emotional, and health implications.

Dr. Shanker explains how people of all sides of any debate can become more curious, listen and understand each other better by reaching the blue-brain state that allows for learning to occur.

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia published a great piece on this “History of Anti-Vaccination Movements”:

https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/history-anti-vaccination-movements

0:00 Intro

0:35 The Better We Understand

2:05 The Situation at Hand

5:36 A Self-Reg Lens

8:15 Why I Wonder This

11:55 Smallpox Anti-Vax Movement

17:40 Eradication! But…

20:59 MMR Anti-Vax Movement

25:50 Infomation Vs. Attitudes

30:13 5 Features of Anti-Vax Movement

33:50 “Denialism” as Ego Defence

39:15 Shame

44:23 Summary - Red Brain Issue

52:03 Outro

Article by Jena & Worsham (NYT Dec 22 2021):

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/21/opinion/vaccine-hesitancy-covid-omicron.html

Leon Seltzer made an interesting point in this regard: “I regard most shameless behaviour as a cover-up for deeper feelings of shame, which the individual is either too scared or too defended to confront.”

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/evolution-the-self/200911/shameful-or-shameless-if-you-had-which-would-you-choose

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