Topic: Dewey

Jim Keith’s book, "Mass Control: Engineering Human Consciousness," details how think tanks and government agencies weaponize culture and psychology. The text explores a philosophical shift at the turn of the 20th century that moved from pursuing knowledge for higher purposes to viewing man as an animal to be manipulated. Keith is credited with accurately predicting the internet's role in surveillance and censorship before his suspicious death in 1999.

Klyzik traces the influence of the Rockefeller family in education from modern partnerships with public television to the early 20th-century work of John Dewey. He explains how Dewey’s functionalist psychology, funded by the Rockefellers, evolved from the stimulus-response traditions of Wilhelm Wundt. This historical lineage is presented as the foundation for modern adaptive learning software and behavioral education.

The discussion references the 1948 election between Harry Truman and Thomas Dewey to illustrate that media outlets do not have the constitutional authority to call elections. Dr. Farrell predicts a potential reversal of results in states like Georgia and Pennsylvania, which could lead to a constitutional crisis. He warns that such a reversal might trigger violent reactions from organized and well-financed groups on the left.

Saul Luckman describes the 42-week gestation cycle required for the full effects of a 30-minute potentiation session to manifest. Drawing on the work of Michael Harner and Dewey Larson, he explains how changing the energy blueprint in "time-space" eventually reflects in physical "space-time." Participants may experience physical detox or significant life changes during this nine-month period.

An anecdote is shared about a math teacher, Mr. Nelson, who was allegedly told by John Dewey and other "big shots" that his effective teaching methods were exactly what the establishment did not want. Iserbyt traces the origin of modern "goals-based" education to the Northwest Regional Lab in 1971. She argues these standards are designed to bypass the brain in favor of behavioral conditioning.

Attorney Horace Mann brought the Prussian education model to the United States around 1850 to serve the interests of industrial railroad owners. Massachusetts established the first privately funded Board of Education to implement mandatory schooling, despite violent riots from parents who viewed the system as state-sponsored kidnapping. The model eventually spread globally, with John Dewey later implementing similar structures in post-revolutionary China.

Joseph Farrell discusses the work of economist Edward Dewey, who was tasked by President Herbert Hoover during the Great Depression to study economic booms and busts. Dewey discovered that human economic activity follows long-wave cycles similar to biological patterns, leading to the creation of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles. Farrell suggests these findings provide a scientific basis for ancient astrological claims regarding aggregate prediction.