On ‘Escaping the Rabbit Hole’

Strategies for persuading conspiracy theorists

Tucker Lieberman
The Shadow
Published in
4 min readFeb 16, 2023

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person falling down a high-tech tunnel
Tunnel by John Forster from Pixabay

Mick West’s 2018 book Escaping the Rabbit Hole promotes respectful dialogue with your friends and acquaintances who might be in the grips of a conspiracy theory. People who have been sucked into communities that promote elaborate false beliefs may “get out much quicker if they are helped by a friend,” West says.

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Tucker Lieberman
The Shadow

Editor for Prism & Pen. Author of the novel "Most Famous Short Film of All Time." https://tuckerlieberman.com/