33 ms·

the usage of social media isnt a productivity issue its the skinner boxing that is deployed by almost all outlets, the many onion skin layers that slowly morphe

the usage of social media isnt a productivity issue its the skinner boxing that is deployed by almost all outlets, the many onion skin layers that slowly morphed what was a very effective tool for communication into a brain training device similar to television... HN is one of the few that are still a blogalike format... there is a wonderfull limitation to a single media format such as flat_ascii vs multimedia...

thecatspaw 8y ago
but even HN is a skinner box. It rewards you with points for writing comments that people like. Its exactly the same as reddit in that regard. Yes, social media is used to shape people's thoughts and opinions, same as advertisements, television, newspapers, books, people you're talking to. So I can only repeat my question, what makes me better than someone else who has facebook and reddit? I am not invincible to operant conditioning, advertisements and people pushing their own agenda on me either
- m1573rp34130dy 8y ago
  you may think your not invincible, but you can see the box and you live outside of it... thats what is better... there was an old ben wicks comic that comes to mind, two rats are in a cage one rat says to the other, hey look every time i push this lever they get really excited and come running with food [Re: 2 scientists inlabcoats] ...when you see the box for what it is, you can manipulate the manipulators..
  - thecatspaw 8y ago
    and yet, the rats did get trained the way the scientists intended. Knowing how advertisement works doesnt let you manipulate the ads. You are getting conditioned nonetheless
    - m1573rp34130dy 8y ago
      ...but the rats realized the scientist were also being trained... that realization is powerful... ...and yes sir, you can manipulate the data profileing machine...