Powerful Nonsense - The Millennial Podcast For Entrepreneurs, Artists & Creatives

In this episode, Cem and Wayne explore some of the reasons for why we are so compliant inspired by Derren Browns latest show The Push. We breakdown some of principles of influence taken from psychological studies which gets us questioning, are we really in control of ourselves? What You'll Hear 02:55 - Can our addiction to authority be hacked to push someone to their death?07:10 - The foot in the door technique09:10 - A need to remain consistent10:50 - Looking for authority in a high-stress situation14:15 - Knowing where your line in the sand is18:00 - The compliance test21:05 - Fit in or die!23:45 - The rebelliousness of entrepreneurship25:05 - Looking for structure and authority even when working for yourself28:30 - Hack you psychological programming to your benefit30:25 - Is technology corroding our compliance? Resources powerfulnonsense.com/book Derren Brown - The Push Dr. Robert Cialdini - Six Principles of Influence Influence at Work The Milgram Experiment 1962 (Full Documentary)