Fantastic article. As it suggests, the key to fighting back against social-media manipulation (including here BTW) is education. Learn how you're being distract

Fantastic article. As it suggests, the key to fighting back against social-media manipulation (including here BTW) is education. Learn how you're being distracted and guided against your rational will, and you'll be better able to resist that pernicious influence. Fun anecdote, related to the Google snack-bar example mentioned in OP. When I went to Facebook bootcamp (yes I worked for the evil empire), there was a segment on the cafes. Not cafeterias. Cafes. It's classier, and TBH the quality of the food at those cafes does justify the distinction. Anyway ... they made a big point of how they consciously arrange healthy vs. non-healthy choices at the serving stations to guide employees toward healthier choices. At the time I thought it was cool. Now, all I can think is that they're showing far more consideration for their employees than they ever do for their users. On the site/app we all worked to support, every design decision was made to encourage unhealthy choices for the sake of profit.