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Triangulation (the narcissistic one) at it's best. Make a machine - or software function in this case - the messenger. As an evil c#nt you get a) plausible deni
by rambambram 5y ago
Triangulation (the narcissistic one) at it's best. Make a machine - or software function in this case - the messenger. As an evil c#nt you get a) plausible deniability, b) smoke and mirrors, c) gas lighting, and d) a scape goat in one. Oh, and your algorithms become your 'flying monkeys' as well.
For personal reasons I had to dive into NPD, BPD and psychopaths (all cluster B personality disorders) the last years. Once I finally understood that sh1t, a whole lot of other stuff made sense. What big tech is doing here is using these same principles on a world wide scale. I'm not saying this is new, because the Romans with their 'divide and conquer' did basically the same.
The solutions to counteract this as an individual are also the same as found in the psychology books: go 'no contact', or at least 'gray rock'. If you are capable, that is. There's going to be a lot of casualties, and I feel for the workers there (or should I say 'victims').
- heisenbit 5y agoYup. Impulsive decision making, lack of empathy, lack of ability to take different points of view and black&white thinking.
- rambambram 5y agoLack of empathy? Definitely. Impulsive decision making? I'm not so sure. What you describe sounds pretty BPD, especially with the black/white thinking (although I think hot/cold is clearer wording). I was more thinking along sinister lines here. And indeed, zero regard for different points of view. Which is very logical when one finally understands that: if you are - in your own mind - the god of the universe and beyond, every other view is by definition beneath you.