Mindspace from In Phase by Benji Kirkpatrick

You think you know what you know
Think you’re in charge of your brain
But who’s the Messenger of information?
Can you call them out by name?

Can you pinpoint the Incentive?
That made you act out these Norms
What is the source of the directive?
That gives the cue to induce these forms

Ch. Sages are moulding your opinion
It’s Nudged and redesigned
A BIT of engineering of the language (B.I.T. manipulate the message)
They’re coming for the space of your mind

Your Defaults now have a new setting
A bias that’s become ingrained
When the sun goes down you turn around to the EAST
Because you dislike loss more than you like gain

The Salience of what you’re faced with
Your Priming will now decide
When your feelings are suitably Affected
You’re a victim of menticide

The framing is conjured up by magicians
The heart strings pulled then your Commitment is bought
Details buried under layers of doublespeak
Artfully Vague so no question is thought

You operate through automatic motivations
Installed to make the self feel good
The Ego lives off these machinations
Even though you’re led along in a hood

Ch 2. Make it easy make it attractive
Give it a social spin
Choose your moment make it timely
Then everybody is hooked in

Marshalled through every decision
Fooled to think that it is your choice
Compliance brings herd precision
You may bleat but you have no voice

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