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"This time is different" I do think modern apps, adtech, and addiction engineering are devastatingly effective and different from predecessors. We need to trea
by carabiner 3y ago
"This time is different"
I do think modern apps, adtech, and addiction engineering are devastatingly effective and different from predecessors. We need to treat these with specific care. Similar to nukes vs. conventional bombs. Adtech and recommendation algos are the WMD of the marketing world.
I was recently interviewed for a job by a guy doing infra at an adtech company. He had a PhD in physics from UCLA. These are the big guns your 7 year old is up against. TV and video games did not have this intellectual firepower behind them. May the odds be in your child's favor.
- jhanschoo 3y agoTV itself was and is devastatingly effective (at spreading ideology and culture), but the primary targets of influence are not children but adults.
- jxidjhdhdhdhfhf 3y agoThere were lots of TV ads directed at children. Arguably they were net negatives for society.