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Engineered Addictions
How silicon valley is putting a price tag on your attention - and relationships
Even twitter began with the elegant simplicity of sharing 140 character status updates for friends, then became a platform for viral takes and algorithmic amplification of whatever generates the strongest emotional response. Every major social platform employs a team of behavioral psychologists, runs thousands of A/B tests, and uses machine learning to find exact psychological vulnerabilities. We need a fundamental re-evaluation of what our phones should be for, what role technology should play in human connection, and whether these platforms can ever return to their original purpose of actually bringing us together instead of keeping us scrolling… apart.
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