“You are getting sleepy, sleepy…. sleepy…” Here’s an essay (later a book) that I’d never heard of till today: The Engineering of Consent by Edward Bernays (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Engineering_of_Consent). It was published as an essay in 1947, expanded into a book in 1955, and its author has been credited with founding the public relations industry. He’s also … Continue reading Are We Being ‘Engineered’?