Freedom: Branded & Herded
Attention is the leash.By Chris A. Piazza | Antherra™
Length44m
About this audiobook
You scroll endlessly, wondering why your attention feels colonized, your choices pre-selected by invisible hands. Freedom: Branded & Herded reveals how permanent campaigns weaponize your focus—turning governance, commerce, and culture into one endless pitch. Invites you to notice where in your own day the line between living and being sold has vanished.
Audiobook details
GenreBusiness and Economics, Politics and Government
Length44 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 2, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
38Chapter III — The Market of Meaning
2PART I: The Sparks
39The Birth of a New Industry
3THE BRANDOCRACY
40The Purpose Premium
4EPISODE 1 — THE GREAT REBRAND
41The Politics of the Checkout Line
5EPISODE 2 — THE ELECTION OF EVERYTHING
42The Faith of the Follower
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6EPISODE 3 — THE HERD THEORY
43The NGO of Everything
7EPISODE 4 — THE BRANDOCRACY
44The Aesthetic of Awakening
8EPISODE 5 — EXIT STRATEGY
45The New Middlemen of Morality
9PART II: The Flame
46The Tyranny of Constant Significance
10FREEDOM: BRANDED & HERDED
47The Quiet Exit
11Prologue: The Campaign of Everything
48Chapter IV — The Republic of Noise
121. The Age of Campaigns
49The Invention of the Shout
132. The Great Cross-Pollination
50The Attention War
143. The Human Flock
51The Collapse of Context
154. Freedom™
52The Currency of Volume
165. The Herd Breaks Character
53The Myth of Discourse
176. The Quiet Revolution
54The Silence Tax
18PART III: The Fire
55The Erosion of Private Thought
19Chapter I — The Eternal Campaign
56The Feedback Loop of Chaos
20The Infinite Campaign
57The Small Voice That Won’t Go Away
21The Algorithmic Incumbent
58Chapter V — The Quiet Rebellion
22The Smile as Control Mechanism
59The Withdrawal
23The Great Merge
60Starving the System
24The Pasture of Choice
61The Micro Acts of Defiance
25The Metrics of the Soul
62The Return of the Interior
26The Comfort of the Campaign
63The New Commons
27The Exit Poll
64The System’s Countermove
28Chapter II — The Algorithmic Shepherd
65The Philosophy of Enough
29The Invisible Shepherd
66The Return of Time
30The Commerce of Emotion
67The Whisper Network
31The Perfect Democracy
68The Aftermath
32The Religion of Relevance
69Epilogue: The Human Signal
33The Algorithm’s Mercy
70CODA — After the Fire (The Unbranded Future)
34The Data Feast
71Back-cover copy:
35The Disobedient Sheep
72Three pull quotes:
36The Human Signal
73Dedication
37Epilogue: The Shepherd Sleeps
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