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    Salem to WitchTok: How Fear Spreads in Digital America

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    22 de set. de 2025
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    From colonial witch trials to viral hexes, discover how fear creates real symptoms and spreads through communities. Drawing on Stacy Schiff's historical research, Andrew Huberman's neuroscience, and modern WitchTok trends, this episode reveals the psychological patterns connecting Salem 1692 to today's digital witch hunts.

    Salem to WitchTok: How Fear Spreads in Digital America

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    We don't need malice to produce witch-hunt dynamics—just incentives that reward speed over accuracy and engagement-driven algorithms that learn which stories keep us scrolling.

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    Pergunta de entrada

    How does fear spread through communities from Salem witch trials to today's digital world?

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    Fontes de conhecimento
    The Witches: Salem, 1692
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    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25012101-the-witches
    A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience
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    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23399570-a-storm-of-witchcraft
    In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692
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    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/105797.In_the_Devil_s_Snare
    Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft
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    https://www.amazon.com/Salem-Possessed-Social-Origins-Witchcraft/dp/0674785266
    The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England
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    https://www.amazon.com/Devil-Shape-Woman-Witchcraft-Colonial/dp/0393024784
    The Penguin Book of Witches
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    https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/306131/the-penguin-book-of-witches-by-edited-by-katherine-howe/

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