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I presume (perhaps wrongly) that the parent finds it worrisome that Pinterest is hiring neuroscience researchers with a background of knowing how to change peop
by deeg 9y ago
I presume (perhaps wrongly) that the parent finds it worrisome that Pinterest is hiring neuroscience researchers with a background of knowing how to change peoples' minds.
On the other hand Kitty Xu is almost certainly a very smart person and Pinterest just likes hiring really smart people.
- isoskeles 9y agoI presume that the parent finds it worrisome that Johns Hopkins University (prestigious, academic, intelligent, good) can't compete, on employing neuroscience researchers (intelligent, valuable, academic, good), with Pinterest (dumb, corporate, useless, bad). But it's a mystery for now.
- bigbugbag 9y agoIt's not pinterest and Kitty Xu, the trend for advance in neuroscience and understanding of brain mechanisms is to be applied in marketing and advertising to influence and manipulate people's minds. Basically exploiting knowledge on how our brain works against us to profit a few among the richest instead of trying to improve everything for everyone. This kind of behaviour is considered a marker of a declining civilization on the verge of collapsing, so yeah it's worth worrying about.