Traditional PSYOPs try to affect what people think. But, a new kind of warfare – Cognitive Warfare – aims to change how people think. In this chapter, experts like Bill Gertz explain how China is using apps like TikTok to slowly damage users’ cognition and create an environment where truth and fiction become indistinguishable. And Chase Hughes breaks down the psychological experiment that makes in possible.

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Chapters:

(01:35) The Reality of Cognitive Warfare

(06:44) The Growing Threat of China

(08:15) Chase Hughes Explained the Smoke-Filled Room Experiment

(13:11) The Danger of TikTok

(24:00) Drugs, Cartels, and a “Smokeless War”

(32:02) Individualized Social Media PSYOPs

(35:02) The Tartaria Conspiracy

(44:47) The Warning from Yuri Bezmenov

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Chapter 2: The Smoke-Filled Room