By Charles Bottomley
Why simple manipulation gets past capable people — and what to do about it. Wired to React names 24 structural patterns of persuasion, introduces a four-signal framework for evaluating claims, and builds the equipment fact-checking can't.
The book catalogues 24 named patterns grouped into 6 families: Source Credibility Manipulation, Authority and Trust Signals, Claim Structure and Evasion, Framing Distortion, Emotional and Narrative Control, and Inquiry Shutdown and Social Enforcement.
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