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From the New World
The Evolution of TikTok
TikTok is a social media app that allows users to post pictures and videos of themselves. CNN's John Sutter asked why he thinks TikTok has become so popular. He says systems have discovered the ways around what motivates humans, such as laziness. "I kind of see it like an evolutionary bottleneck that will weed out a certain amount of weakness," Sutter said.
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