Jean-Jacques Rousseau once said, "To renounce liberty is to renounce being human."

In this interview, Simon Brown talks about groupthink, cognitive dissonance, tribalism, between-group tension, and coercive control from a psychological point of view. He utilises historical experiments from people like Stanley Milgram, Jane Elliot, and Philip Zimbardo to explore what has been happening in Melbourne (and, indeed, across the world) with various government responses to the pandemic. Not only this, Simon explores how people are more divided than ever before. However, he provides hope—hope that we can, once again, band together in the spirit of Mateship and, in the midst of distress, as we have so many times before, connect for a better future.

Simon Brown is a Melbourne-based clinical counsellor, psychotherapist, and behavioural specialist. He is an expert in forensic risk assessment and treatment, complex mental health, and the treatment of challenging behaviours. Having worked in maximum-security prisons, Simon has experienced first-hand the power of groupthink, the toxic nature of division, and the curative power of speaking the truth.

You can find Simon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonphilipbrown/

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