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1. Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 13-Apr-2019 08:15:31 UTC Bernie

   • chebra
   • Tanja

   @chebra @EccentricElephant Well, humans are social animals too 😂

   And I'm only partially tongue-in-cheek here. Those with a good understanding of human behavioral patterns can exploit them to become successful politicians, marketing directors, UX engineers...

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 13-Apr-2019 08:32:49 UTC Bernie

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     • chebra
     • Tanja

     @chebra @EccentricElephant See what two different vice presidents of Facebook think about their platform being deliberately designed for exploiting vulnerabilities in reward pathways of 2.3 billion humans:

     https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/dec/11/facebook-former-executive-ripping-society-apart

     https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/09/facebook-sean-parker-vulnerability-brain-psychology

   • chebra (chebra@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 13-Apr-2019 09:12:27 UTC chebra

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     • Tanja

     @codewiz @EccentricElephant yup. And we can (and should) learn techniques to avoid their techniques. Recommended reading: Daniel Kahnemann - Thinking, fast and slow. Recommended videos: the current three part series from SmarterEveryDay about social media manipulation. Recommended google search: CRAP test. And encourage children to like math. I wish there were any schools, lessons or trainings for critical thinking

     Bernie repeated this.