Human beings built machines to study desire and then forgot that desire still owns machines.In this episode, we break down The Age of Engineered Belief; an academic analysis of why human psychology still outperforms AI marketing, no matter how advanced the model. Algorithms can predict behavior, but they cannot escape it. They still bow to fear, status, identity, tribal instinct, and emotional priming.This deep-dive explores:- psychological dominance in the algorithmic age- why perception control beats data volume- how belief is engineered through narrative, not numbers- the Machiavellian Marketing Framework (MMF)- lessons from The 23 Laws of Marketing: Master Them or Die- how emotion governs conversion more than computation- why "AI persuasion" is still human psychology in disguiseIf you want to understand influence, framing, and narrative warfare, this is required listening.Read The 23 Laws of Marketing https://www.amazon.com/23-Laws-Marketing-Strategic-Psychology-ebook/dp/B0G6JPRQPS Read The Machiavellian Marketing Framework™ (MMF) https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.30392836.v1 Read the full academic paper (DOI) https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.30525716.v1 Marketing is no longer about persuasion; it's about psychological governance.Welcome to the age of engineered belief.