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It's such a strange thing to consider from the 30,000 foot view. If we humans know anything at all about human behavior, we know it's really easy to choose the
by damnesian 3y ago
It's such a strange thing to consider from the 30,000 foot view. If we humans know anything at all about human behavior, we know it's really easy to choose the wrong thing. I remember choosing a pair of flashy tennies when I was 12 because someone I was trying to impress wore the same brand. They fit and lasted like crap. it was the wrong choice, and soon I went back to my usual far less flashy but far more functional brand. But what if every TV show I watched advertised the crap flashy shoes? What if it became THE thing to buy that year? That's internet marketing in a nutshell. A bot thinks every choice you've made is the right, correct, most "me" choice I have ever made, ever, which clearly pleased me. So here's more and more and more of the same! And what if I began getting pressured by peers- or even bullied- for not wearing those crap flashy shoes? I'l bet you eventually I'd relent and get another pair? It's a prison of the mind that leads to nowhere but an inescapable minefield of incorrect assumptions about our behavior.