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#418 - Johann Hari - Why You Can't Pay Attention And Focus
Modern Wisdom
The Thing That Keeps Us Alive
Facebook's algorithms are designed to keep people scrolling. If i show you things that make you angry and upset, you will engage for longer than if i show you something that makes you feel good. And of all the leaks from facebook, i thought the most revealing and the most chilling was the one related to this. Facebook commissoned its own data scientists to look into what had we played a role in polarization. It was leaked. The report found that a face books agarithms inevitably and iluctably promote anger and rage. This is why countries as different as britain and brazil have been ripped apart. We're plugged into a machinery that is constantly ramping up hatred
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