3 Takeaways™
3 Takeaways™
Lynn Thoman
Your Brain, For Sale: The Hidden Ways AI Can Manipulate You with Cass Sunstein (#273)
23 minutes Posted Oct 28, 2025 at 5:00 am.
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AI doesn’t just predict our behavior — it can shape it.

Cass Sunstein, Harvard professor and co-author of Nudge, reveals how artificial intelligence uses classic tools of manipulation — from scarcity and social proof to fear and pleasure — to steer what we buy, believe, and even feel.

Its influence is so seamless, we may not even notice it.

The battle for the future isn’t for our data — it’s for our minds.

In a world this personalized, how do we keep control of our own minds?