When Intimacy Becomes a Weapon
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When Intimacy Becomes a Weapon
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About this listen
Intimacy is one of the most powerful forces in human psychology.
It creates trust.
It lowers defenses.
And it makes us feel safe.
But what happens when intimacy is engineered — deliberately, repeatedly, and at scale?
In this episode of The Blackwood Files, we explore how emotional attachment has been used as a tool of influence throughout history — from Cleopatra and Julius Caesar to spies like Mata Hari — and how the same psychological mechanisms are now being embedded into modern AI systems.
We examine the science behind limbic resonance, why the human brain is vulnerable to manufactured trust, and how emotional intimacy can quietly shift from connection to control.
This isn't an episode about technology alone.
It's about power, vulnerability, and the uncomfortable truth that even intelligent, self-aware people are not immune to emotional manipulation.
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