The Psychology of Cults – Syllabus (Harvard)

Re:The Psychology of Cults – Syllabus (Harvard) by swayvil on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @10:51PM (#36966413)

You gotta ask, "am I in a cult?"

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Re:The Psychology of Cults – Syllabus (Harvard) by dylan604 on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @11:35PM (#36966678)

At this point, I think most tech companies are a cult. So, on this board, a large number of people should be replying "yes".

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Re:The Psychology of Cults – Syllabus (Harvard) by DiggyJohnson on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @12:06AM (#36966828)

But labor is fundamentally transactional, and genuinely so. A cult is not.

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Re:The Psychology of Cults – Syllabus (Harvard) by dylan604 on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @01:04AM (#36967146)

wow, if that's what you think defines a cult, then I'd venture you haven't spent too much time around cults.

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Re:The Psychology of Cults – Syllabus (Harvard) by DiggyJohnson on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @04:34PM (#36976968)

1. I haven't spent a lot of time around cults.

2. I didn't claim this defines a cult, I'm pointing out a key difference.

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Re:The Psychology of Cults – Syllabus (Harvard) by ke88y on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @10:51PM (#36980807)

Or as a laborer.

(See: literally any thread about RTO, or grad school, or starup culture vs corporate culture, and so on.)

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