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You might be interested in the 15th episode (of the 4th series) of Person of Interest, "Q & A" (Aired at February 17, 2015), in which depressed and addicted peo
by ht_th 12y ago
You might be interested in the 15th episode (of the 4th series) of Person of Interest, "Q & A" (Aired at February 17, 2015), in which depressed and addicted people were targeted with special adds to drive profit up. I won't spoil the whole episode, but it certainly made me think about our implicit, almost tacit trust in search engines, social media sites, and other services we don't fully understand (as users, because we don't have access to the source or data), but which we use daily. I can only imagine our dependence on these services to grow in the future, while our understanding of these complex systems does not grow at the same rate (or at all).
- TeMPOraL 12y agoThat was exactly the episode I was subtly referencing in my comment. BTW. after watching it, I thought that the way the data was collected in that episode is a writer's fiction. Imagine my surprise when I learned few days later that it's actually true, and it's what Apple and Microsoft do.