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Rubén Baler, neuroscientist: ‘We are guinea pigs. Our attention has become a profitable commodity’
(english.elpais.com)
this post was submitted on 07 May 2024
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Everything's a tool, you can hit a nail with a hammer or crack your own head its how you use it and not the tools problem unless its specifically made for doing an evil thing like the evilinator or somethin . also being a neuroscientist doesn't instantly make anyone right people like to spread their opinions as facts because they have some kind of authority so don't be sheep and use your own head sometimes which most people clearly don't do as we can see in the upvotes.
Okay, but hypothetically speaking, what if internet applications were designed to be addictive?
Hell, what if highly functional tools were deliberately degraded as a means of increasing monetized interactions?
Constantly telling my doctor this, whenever she provides me with medical advice on my splitting headaches and nose bleeds.
You know thats not what I meant .
The evilinator thing was a phineas and ferb reference .