![]() ![]() The Wall Street Journal lays out the whole case in a single headline: "Social-Media Algorithms Rule How We See the World.An Atlantic article called Facebook's a "doomsday machine," arguing that its "hyper-targeting of users" creates a "perfect environment for manipulation.". ![]() Films like The Social Dilemma posit that we're hapless voodoo dolls controlled by nefarious algorithms. ![]() These days, it's common to hear the notion that technology companies are "hijacking our brains." You had to type it all by hand.- November 19, 2020 Within living memory, computers did not exist. We really should be in the middle of a golden age of productivity. Have distractions eaten up our productivity? What could you be capable of if you simply followed through on everything you intended to do with your time and attention? We can reach millions with a click without having to ask for permission.īut somehow it doesn't feel like we're 1000X more productive than we used to be. We can summon hard-to-find items to our door with a few taps. We can print or make almost anything we can imagine on demand. ![]() These days, we can do things in a second that would have taken past generations weeks, if not longer. ![]()
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