Algorithms are breaking how we think
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This surely won't make me seem like a crank.Further watching:@HGModernism on addiction to scrolling and the Skinner box mechanism:https://www.youtube.com/wat...
  • snooggumsEnglish
    17•2 months ago

    Yup, before computer algorithms it was advertising and suveys promoting what they wanted to sell and finding out how effective it was. The algorithm is a faster and more efficent version of that process, which does make it even easier for a single person to abuse. Honestly the main problem is that the social media sites are basically a monopoly under meta at this point since it keeps buying up competitors.

    • NaibofTabrEnglish
      9•2 months ago

      The Century of the Self by Adam Curtis

      The business and political worlds use psychological techniques to read, create and fulfill the desires of the public, and to make their products and speeches as pleasing as possible to consumers and voters. Curtis questions the intentions and origins of this relatively new approach to engaging the public.