Insiders Speak Out: ‘I Helped Create A Monster’ – Describes Google/Facebook’s ‘Brain Hacking’ Techniques

‘A set of articles caught my eye this morning, where we see from industry insiders exactly how “Silicon Valley” has not only taken over journalism, but how the methods being utilized by both Google and Facebook which mimics the methods used on smartphones to addict users, dubbed “brain hacking” is not only unethical, but is also dangerous to public health, with one insider stating “I invested early in Google and Facebook and regret it. I helped create a monster.”
In one long, but worthy read over at The Atlantic, the former editor for New Republic, gives an eye-opening description of what exactly went wrong in the world of journalism, where news outlets have come to “unhealthily depend on the big tech companies,” where truth and actual reporting of the news has been sacrificed into desperation in “a mad, shameless chase to gain clicks through Facebook,” and “a relentless effort to game Google’s algorithms.”‘
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