>Do nonprogrammers not pick up on those patterns? I really think they don't. Thats a big part of the problem. Lay people are being tricked into thinking that t

>Do nonprogrammers not pick up on those patterns? I really think they don't. Thats a big part of the problem. Lay people are being tricked into thinking that their Facebook feed is a reflection of reality rather than a highly curated set of articles designed to appeal to their specific sensibilities. They have no concept of what goes into the platform behind the scenes. They have no concept of the fact that there is a building in California full of thousands of world class scientists whose sole purpose in life is to get them to check that notification on their phone. They have the illusion of choice when it is pure psychological manipulation