Yeah, the algorithms are meant to keep you online more, and are not there to give you good content, as in entertainment, let alone things that you need to know.

Yeah, the algorithms are meant to keep you online more, and are not there to give you good content, as in entertainment, let alone things that you need to know. It is ironic, given how much data is hoarded about us. In the article meritocracy is mentioned. Meritocracy is a joke in America. People at the top basically have it rigged for their kids, even worse than what aristocracy brought (which offered a leisurely life). The Meritocracy Myth by Yale Law Professor Stephen McNamee is a good read regarding this. It is shocking, as in the statistics.