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vlwelser
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Pickpick

This is an interesting look at data science and how it can be used and misused, based on your perspective. Fascinating. But not entirely surprising.

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w
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ShelleyBooksie
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Thank you @TheLudicReader for my amazing #LLSS package!! Everything was beautifully wrapped and so thoughtfully chosen. I loooove the fall stationary and the coffee beans smell SO good. Thank you for spoiling me ♡♡♡

Deblovestoread Lovely package! 3mo
TheLudicReader I am so happy that you like everything, Shelley! 🥰 3mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 😍 3mo
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5feet.of.fury
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This probably isn‘t a fair rating, it is well written and researched, but I started skimming because I knew most of the information & reliving it made me want to delete all my social media accounts and throw my smartphone into the sea.

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jack777
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Awesome intro to how data models can inadvertently (or advertently) screw individuals and society over. Was going to be a great prelude to a data training but then the rona hit.

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Booksbymybed
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This was a fascinating read. Lots of research, insight into famous cases and less loud ones. I thought I was pretty well informed, but there is so much underneath it all. “Algorithm has no moral compass”.
But ultimately it‘s a story of tremendous greed. And we are living it. This is a must read

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Sharpeipup
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Can I count this as horror because the content is pretty scary? 😱

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RebL
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Did every page, paragraph, sentence or word make me angry? Yes. Pretty much rage read this one.

I waited a long time for my library hold to come in. As soon as I finished, I bought multiple copies to distribute. Libraries definitely generate book sales.

Tamra I‘m almost afraid to know…..🫣 1y
RebL @Tamra Big picture—every chance to make it right, modern day robber barons chose profit instead. Everything old is new again. 1y
Tamra @RebL ugh - the capitalist way 1y
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Purpleness
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Basically, because social media puts engagement above all else the algorithms running the sites aggressively promote posts that have high engagement. Moral outrage against people you already disagree with is really engaging, leading to more extreme posts being pushed. This makes more extremist views seem normal and consensus that agrees with those views seem stronger than it is in society as a whole. A toxic mix, as shown in multiple examples.

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Purpleness
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TheBookgeekFrau That's a potent first line 😯 2y
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Purpleness
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“The germs are ours, but Facebook is the wind”

Vansa This actually isn't really true.Firstly, barely 30% of Sri Lanka's population is on Facebook.Thats not even half the population,in developing countries,internet access is only for the elite.More importantly,this way of thinking absolves people of responsibility for racism,and shifts the blame onto technology,which behaves the way we want it to.Facebook did not tell Sri Lankans to commit genocide on Tamils.It was an active choice by humans 2y
Purpleness @Vansa The book certainly has a narrow focus on the damage rather than the good of social media, but it isn‘t denying that people make choices; for example, the quote above is pointing out that the extremes social media amplifies already existed. But, that being said, we shouldn‘t ignore the influences that exploit our brain‘s instincts and encourage extremism for the sake of “engagement,” the main benchmark of success in the social media field. 2y
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