Psychology Today | 14.11.2025 06:14
Regular readers know that I often offer a critical analysis of Big Tech and am wary of the disproportionate role it is playing in how the majority of us are being socialized. This week, in one of my graduate courses, I gave a lecture on the group dynamics that drive cult membership, and a student asked a question regarding the intersection between the psychology behind cults and radicalization processes and extremism. Another student followed up with a question regarding how conspiracy thinking relates to cults. As we started to make connections regarding the underlying psychological mechanisms that drive all of these processes, we came upon another revelation.
