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Project Troy
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Oct 10, 2026
David A. Hughes, “Academia and the National Security State”
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12:33David A. HughesGUEST
Most social science funding went to psychology, as academics played a key part in the development of psychological warfare.
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12:42David A. HughesGUEST
Project Troy in 1950 was a three-month project directed by Rands and Speyer.
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12:48David A. HughesGUEST
It brought in academics mostly from MIT and Harvard to consider new directions in psychological warfare.
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12:56David A. HughesGUEST
The Psychological Strategy Board, 1951 to 1953, served to coordinate psychological warfare and propaganda activities across different parts of the US government.
Episode 582: Bird Penetration System
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18:21Robert SkvarlaGUEST
I don't know, actually.
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18:21Robert SkvarlaGUEST
That's their big AI thing moving forward, kind of like Project Troy or Project Camelot in the 50s or 60s, which were cywar or counterinsurgency studies.
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18:30Robert SkvarlaGUEST
I think this is the big AI study for the Trump administration.
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18:33Liz FranczakHOST
Great.