They aren't just selling you products. They're selling you thoughts.
The more you engage, the perfect the profile becomes. Soon, you aren't discovering new ideas; you're just receiving the ones they know you'll accept.
They define your world, define your enemies, and define your opinions. They make you think you're choosing, but they've already mapped your mind.
You are what you consume. If you're only eating recommendations, who are you?
#BreakThePattern
𝕏 employees having to explain to their families they got a new job, but it’s actually the same job, just at a new company, but it’s actually the same company:
Peter Thiel on the future of Western Europe, in 2019:
“Looking at Western Europe, I would say there are three plausible futures on offer:
1. Islamic Sharia law, and if you’re a woman you get to wear a burqa.
2. Totalitarian AI à la China, where the computers track you and everything you do all the time, and that’s kind of creepy. The Eye of Sauron to use the Lord of the Rings references, watching you at all times.
3. Hyper-environmentalism where you drive an e-scooter and you recycle. And even though I’m not a radical environmentalist, I think if those are the three choices, you can understand why the green movement is winning.”