Is Facebook A Structural Threat To Free Society?

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(Truthhawk) What is the machine zone? It’s a rhythm. It’s a response to a fine-tuned feedback loop. It’s a powerful space-time distortion. You hit a button. Something happens. You hit it again. Something similar, but not exactly the same happens. Maybe you win, maybe you don’t. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. It’s the pleasure of the repeat, the security of the loop.

That glazed-over look a grandma has at a Vegas slot machine is the same look Facebook chases in its users scrolling the feed. And it’s created through manipulation. Continue to story

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