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Pages tagged "Extremism"


#1269 Following the thread of the global Great Transition

Posted on Podcast by Amanda Hoffman · May 03, 2019 1:00 PM

Air Date: 5–3-2019

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Today we take a look at several topics that, at first glance, may seem to be unrelated but that I think are all tied together with a thread that runs through all of them and points the way toward The Great Transition we are currently in the middle of.

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#1261 Profitable Extremism (How Social Media Propagates Hate)

Posted on Podcast by Amanda Hoffman · April 02, 2019 8:00 PM · 1 reaction

Air Date: 4–2-2019

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Today we take a look at the so-called "Algorithms of Oppression." Not that they're made to be that way on purpose but that it is a natural outcome of a profit-based system that incentivizes people to post the most click-baity content while the system learns the viewer's weaknesses to ruthlessly feed them whatever will keep them engaged.

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