Amanda Montell demonstrates that we are all more susceptible to joining cultish groups than we may realize.
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Harper Wave
9780062993151
Harper Wave
9780062993151
Amanda Montell demonstrates that we are all more susceptible to joining cultish groups than we may realize.
It may not seem like CrossFit (a popular high-intensity interval training workout) and Heaven’s Gate (a cult that believed UFOs were headed to Earth on the tail of the Hale-Bopp comet) have any similarities. But as linguist Amanda Montell argues in Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism, these are just two of many groups that bind…
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