
Baba Rampuri is interviewed by Thomas Steininger, the editor of “Evolve,” a leading magazine of consciousness and culture in Germany, on sacred speech in the postmodern world of mass media. They discuss the nature of Speech itself, its metaphors, and how mass media changes consciousness, even humanity, highlighting Gutenberg & his printing press, Edward Bernays, the father of modern propaganda, and the consequences of the internet and social media.
Opinion polling began in the 1930s.
Edward Bernays joined the US Committee on Public Information after the United States entered the war in April 1917.
The 1929 “Torches of Freedom” cigarette march took place at the Easter Parade on Fifth Avenue.
Foucault's Les mots et les choses was published in 1966. Its closing image is a face drawn in sand at the edge of the sea.