Mike Ritland

Then quickly thereafter, he writes a book called Nudge. Nudge is basically the Holy Bible for the censorship industry. And it's basically required reading for anyone who wants to have a career in countering disinformation or disinformation studies, if you will, or information integrity or digital resilience or media literacy. This is the sort of It lays out the gospel.

Then quickly thereafter, he writes a book called Nudge. Nudge is basically the Holy Bible for the censorship industry. And it's basically required reading for anyone who wants to have a career in countering disinformation or disinformation studies, if you will, or information integrity or digital resilience or media literacy. This is the sort of It lays out the gospel.

It's called Nudge because it's a book about how to get people to do things without top-down coercion, the appearance of autocratic coercive control, but getting them to do it anyway. How do you, Steph, shove people to do it because that's what Russia and China do. Nudge them.

It's called Nudge because it's a book about how to get people to do things without top-down coercion, the appearance of autocratic coercive control, but getting them to do it anyway. How do you, Steph, shove people to do it because that's what Russia and China do. Nudge them.

It's called Nudge because it's a book about how to get people to do things without top-down coercion, the appearance of autocratic coercive control, but getting them to do it anyway. How do you, Steph, shove people to do it because that's what Russia and China do. Nudge them.

Find a way to get them to do it without your fingerprints being on it, without it drawing the same critiques that would have if the Russian or Chinese government decided to do this. And what it's about, you know, it's about creating this kind of whole-of-society surround sound. The State Department wants to do it, DOD wants to do it, CIA wants to do it, USAID wants to do it. Okay?

Find a way to get them to do it without your fingerprints being on it, without it drawing the same critiques that would have if the Russian or Chinese government decided to do this. And what it's about, you know, it's about creating this kind of whole-of-society surround sound. The State Department wants to do it, DOD wants to do it, CIA wants to do it, USAID wants to do it. Okay?

Find a way to get them to do it without your fingerprints being on it, without it drawing the same critiques that would have if the Russian or Chinese government decided to do this. And what it's about, you know, it's about creating this kind of whole-of-society surround sound. The State Department wants to do it, DOD wants to do it, CIA wants to do it, USAID wants to do it. Okay?

We don't need to make it formal government policy. We don't need to throw people in jail for they do it. If they do it, we need to create, you know, and Nudge itself was primarily about the behavioral role of this, but also the behavioral psychology behind this, but also about the role of institutions in making this happen.

We don't need to make it formal government policy. We don't need to throw people in jail for they do it. If they do it, we need to create, you know, and Nudge itself was primarily about the behavioral role of this, but also the behavioral psychology behind this, but also about the role of institutions in making this happen.

We don't need to make it formal government policy. We don't need to throw people in jail for they do it. If they do it, we need to create, you know, and Nudge itself was primarily about the behavioral role of this, but also the behavioral psychology behind this, but also about the role of institutions in making this happen.

But what you do is you, instead of doing top-down, you astroturf a bottom-up and you create a middle-out and a whole society. You want people to feel like their lives will be over if they challenge it, but you can't criminalize it. We have a First Amendment. Well, what if you raise the costs of that behavior? It's incentives. It's carrots and sticks. How do we heighten the cost of doing that?

But what you do is you, instead of doing top-down, you astroturf a bottom-up and you create a middle-out and a whole society. You want people to feel like their lives will be over if they challenge it, but you can't criminalize it. We have a First Amendment. Well, what if you raise the costs of that behavior? It's incentives. It's carrots and sticks. How do we heighten the cost of doing that?

But what you do is you, instead of doing top-down, you astroturf a bottom-up and you create a middle-out and a whole society. You want people to feel like their lives will be over if they challenge it, but you can't criminalize it. We have a First Amendment. Well, what if you raise the costs of that behavior? It's incentives. It's carrots and sticks. How do we heighten the cost of doing that?

What assets do we need in civil society in order to achieve this? Well,

What assets do we need in civil society in order to achieve this? Well,

What assets do we need in civil society in order to achieve this? Well,

If they're deplatformed, they can't access their wedding photos and baby photos because they're kicked off Facebook, or they see a friend of theirs was and can no longer DM with grandma because they posted about, hey, these vaccines may have come from the Wuhan lab, or these vaccines may have been funded by the US government, or they might not work, or we shouldn't go through with a mandate.

If they're deplatformed, they can't access their wedding photos and baby photos because they're kicked off Facebook, or they see a friend of theirs was and can no longer DM with grandma because they posted about, hey, these vaccines may have come from the Wuhan lab, or these vaccines may have been funded by the US government, or they might not work, or we shouldn't go through with a mandate.

If they're deplatformed, they can't access their wedding photos and baby photos because they're kicked off Facebook, or they see a friend of theirs was and can no longer DM with grandma because they posted about, hey, these vaccines may have come from the Wuhan lab, or these vaccines may have been funded by the US government, or they might not work, or we shouldn't go through with a mandate.