Cass Sunstein

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Person.png Cass Sunstein  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Lawyer, academic)
BornCass Robert Sunstein
1954-09-21
Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materHarvard University
Children2
SpouseLisa Ruddick
Founder ofCognitive infiltration
Member ofAtlantik-Brücke, The American Academy in Berlin/Distinguished Visitors, WHO/Technical Advisory Group on Behavioural Insights and Sciences for Health
PartyDemocratic Party

Relations

Substein is married to Samantha Power, the 28th United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

"Conspiracy Theories" and government infiltration

Sunstein co-authored an infamous 2008 paper, entitled "Conspiracy Theories" which tried to link questioning governments' official narratives with violence, and suggested that "the best response [to "conspiracy theorists"] consists in cognitive infiltration of extremist groups".[1] Various commentators have roundly criticized this intellectual stance.[2][3] who argue that it would violate prohibitions on government propaganda aimed at domestic citizens.[4] Sunstein and Vermeule's proposed infiltrations have also been met by sharply critical scholarly critiques.[5][6][7] The paper was cited in a 2015 speech by François Hollande in which he recommended that governments censor any such questioning from the internet.

 

A Document by Cass Sunstein

TitleDocument typePublication dateSubject(s)Description
File:Cass sunstein conspiracies.pdfpaper15 January 2008"Conspiracy theory"A classic Official Narrative-type exposition of Conspiracy theory and Conspiracy Theorists with recommendations on how governments should deal with them. It is the principal source of the now widely-used expression "Cognitive Infiltration"
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References

  1. "Conspiracy Theories by Cass Sunstein, Adrian Vermeule :: SSRN". Papers.ssrn.com. doi:10.2139/ssrn.1084585. Retrieved 2012-07-27.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
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  4. Greenwald, Glenn (January 15, 2010). "Obama confidant's spine-chilling proposal". Salon.com. Retrieved 2012-07-27.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  5. David Ray Griffin, Cognitive Infiltration, An Obama Appointee s Plan To Undermine The 9/11 Conspiracy Theory. Olive Branch Press, ISBN 978-1-56656-821-0
  6. Kurtis Hagen, "Is Infiltration of 'Extremist Groups' Justified?" International Journal of Applied Philosophy 24.2 (Fall 2010) 153–168.
  7. Kurtis Hagen, “Conspiracy Theories and Stylized Facts,” Journal for Peace and Justice Studies 21.2 (Fall 2011) 3–22.


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