Why conspiracy thinking thrives
You can't moralize your way out of an ontological problem.
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Perception & narratives
How narratives shape legitimacy, perception, and strategic outcomes.
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If it's not filmed, it didn't happen (the observer effect of our time)
When I was a journalist, I noticed something strange. I was in places where every action could mean life or death - yet what people feared most was being unseen.
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Why radical slogans recruit better than truth
In the last months, as part of my work monitoring radical groups, I've focused less on events and more on language. Because language ALWAYS moves first. And what
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Global Perception: the report
Weeks ago, I published a global perception questionnaire. I didn't want to study what people think. I wanted to understand what they sense. The method: intentionally raw No
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Why intelligence never reaches the public (on the triad: intelligence, influence and leaks)
You think you want transparency? Try reading a real intelligence report... you would not sleep for a week!
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Anna Delvey, the woman who hacked New York's elite (perception management case study)
How Anna Delvey infiltrated elite networks by manipulating narrative, status, and the architecture of belief.
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Let's talk about fascism... and anti-fascism.
We throw these words around so much that they start losing meaning... Everything is "fascist" now: a boss, a law, a politician. If everything is fascist, then nothing
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The day a new currency (euro) stole my candy
When I was a kid, buying the baguette was my favorite adventure! I'd go to the closest boulangerie with a few coins in francs. The baguette was cheap
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How to talk across frames: dialogue beyond worldviews
"What you describe is nothing less than a war between spiritual forces!" A subscriber recently sent me this message. He continued and explained me his theory based on
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Department of War: one word, infinite consequences
The United States has just restored the name Department of War. A single word. But if you follow my work, you know that language is never neutral, it's
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The Chatham House Rule: anatomy of controlled opacity
How a rule designed to protect dialogue became a cloak for invisible power.
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Why you should never fully trust a journalist (by an ex-journalist)
After crossing over into intelligence, I realized how easily journalists are played by sources, by ego, by the system itself.
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