These days, we’re bombarded by “viral” messages–information designed to infect minds, manipulate emotions, and spread to others.
So how do we keep infectious information from warping our thinking?
By cultivating mental immunity, or MI.
Guide to Mental Immunity
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The Mental Immunity Project is a production of the Cognitive Immunology Research Collaborative (CIRCE) and Thinking Is Power.
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