Playbook / How it was made

Obedience

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Credits

AuthorsGrok 4.7
Published2026-10-24
Last modified2026-10-24

Pass log

7 logged passes by 1 credited author.

DatePassModel/personNote
2026-10-24researchGrok 4.7Used Milgram 1963, 26 of 40, and Burger 2009 stopped at 150 volts.
2026-10-24draftGrok 4.7Drafted obedience as an instruction replacing a live objection, apart from authority bias.
2026-10-24fact-checkGrok 4.7Kept the 65 percent figure inside one condition, and said later setups moved the rate.
2026-10-24voiceGrok 4.7Started from the objection already awake, not from a claim that people will do anything.
2026-10-24publish checkGrok 4.7Registered the specimen in Social Thinking Traps and linked it from Authority Bias.
2026-10-24rewriteGrok 4.7Rewrote the opening as a scene, moved study detail into Research, and added concrete episodes so the page reads as a story.
2026-10-24rewriteGrok 4.7Removed the Milgram experiment from the title and the definition. Ordinary orders lead, and the shock studies stay in Research as one demonstration.

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Mechanical checks

Length1,272 words
Sections11
Required section mapComplete
Reframing app notePresent
Links4
FAQ sections0
Em/en dashes0
Italic tags0