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Happiness Machines

S1E1 Mar 17, 2002 Runtime TBD

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The story of the relationship between Sigmund Freud and his American nephew, Edward Bernays. Bernays invented the public relations profession in the 1920s and was the first person to take Freud's ideas to manipulate the masses. He showed American corporations how they could make people want things they didn't need by systematically linking mass-produced goods to their unconscious desires.

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Episode: S1E1

Aired: Mar 17, 2002

Runtime: Runtime TBD

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