# Eric Hoffer on The No Agenda Show

Eric Hoffer comes up in 3 chapters across 3 episodes of The No Agenda Show, from June 2017 to November 2020.

- **Chapters:** 3
- **Episodes:** 3
- **Discussed:** June 2017 – November 2020
- **Related topics:** [Associated Press](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/associated-press.md), [Climate Change](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/climate-change.md), [Climate Crisis](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/climate-crisis.md), [Greta Thunberg](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/greta-thunberg.md), [Memes](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/memes.md), [New York Times](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/new-york-times.md), [Psychological Warfare](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/psychological-warfare.md), [Simulation Theory](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/simulation-theory.md), [Style Guide](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/style-guide.md)

## Chapters 1–3 of 3

### Style Guides, Climate Crisis Terminology Shift

- **Episode:** [1295: Shred and Burn](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1295-shred-and-burn.md)
- **Published:** 2020-11-16
- **Time:** 28:28–30:05
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1295-shred-and-burn/chapter/style-guides-climate-crisis-terminology-shift.md

The Associated Press and New York Times have reportedly updated their style guides to replace "climate change" with "climate crisis." This shift is described as a deliberate attempt by action groups to influence public perception through language. The discussion references Eric Hoffer's "The True Believer" to explain the psychological motivations behind such mass movements.

Keywords: [associated press](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/associated-press.md), [new york times](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/new-york-times.md), [climate crisis](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/climate-crisis.md), [style guide](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/style-guide.md), [eric hoffer](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/eric-hoffer.md)

### Eric Hoffer, The True Believer, Mass Movement Psychology

- **Episode:** [1209: Rewilding](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1209-rewilding.md)
- **Published:** 2020-01-23
- **Time:** 29:19–34:06
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1209-rewilding/chapter/eric-hoffer-the-true-believer-mass-movement-psychology.md

Eric Hoffer’s 1951 book, The True Believer, analyzes the psychological motives of individuals who join mass movements, whether religious, political, or social. Hoffer argues that these movements attract "discontented people" who seek to lose their individual identities in a larger collective cause. This framework is applied to modern climate activism, suggesting that the movement utilizes similar tactics to historical radical and reactionary groups.

Keywords: [eric hoffer](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/eric-hoffer.md), the true believer, mass movements, [greta thunberg](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/greta-thunberg.md), [climate change](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/climate-change.md)

### Climate Change as a Psychological Simulation Test

- **Episode:** [935: Phallocentric Age](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/935-phallocentric-age.md)
- **Published:** 2017-06-04
- **Time:** 52:38–1:04:02
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/935-phallocentric-age/chapter/climate-change-as-a-psychological-simulation-test.md

The intense public emotional investment in climate change is analyzed through the lens of "simulation theory" and media-driven memes. Drawing on Eric Hoffer’s "The True Believer," the discussion posits that the public has been conditioned by decades of fearful messaging. A hypothetical "test" of the simulation is proposed, involving extreme weather events or "tidal waves" to see how far the public's perception can be pushed.

Keywords: [simulation theory](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/simulation-theory.md), [memes](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/memes.md), [psychological warfare](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/psychological-warfare.md), true believer, [eric hoffer](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/eric-hoffer.md)

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