The thing about politics in a modern, digital age is that, at the end of the day, political climates haven't had the time to adjust. The foundations for politics and governance are old, and we've been trying to essentially fit a square peg in a round hole
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@nastia2209 The idea of a computer algorithm would have been completely foreign to even computer engineers 40 years ago. The massive leaps in technology we've made in such a short time is wild
@AviaMWright No, collecting data itself isn't sinister, it's the use of that data that is the problem. The subtle, unnoticeable manipulation of your behavior to get you to spend more time on their app. That's the sinister part
I think having these insiders talk about these issues is fantastic. These people built the tools that created these problems, and then stepped away because of how out of control all of it became.
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Everything ties back to the dopamine hit. Without that we wouldn't have anything to get addicted to, and without addicted users, all the advertising in the world wouldn't make social media profitable
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It's ironic reading the headline about Saleforce's interest in buying up Twitter. Even though they definitely intended to use it as a tool for marketing, I have a feeling it would have still ended up better than this hellscape Musk has built #eme4390F23GS
The data collection that Disney employs at its parks is exactly the kind of thing data SHOULD be used for. Making user experiences better, not trying to sell something #eme4390F23GS
Reading the 2005 article Wired wrote about Amazon's trendsetting is fascinating. I never knew that they were one of the first to collect massive amounts of information on their customers for the purposes of marketing.
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Forbes' old article regarding social media and the use of that data provides an interesting perspective about how the business world sees or information. They see it as just another tool to make their marketing easier or more effective #eme4390F23GS