They are coming for your attention and your money.
Apparently, focus groups started back in the late 30s at Princeton University to understand the impact of war propaganda films. But it was not until the late 50s/early 60s when companies started to pay attention to them. They realized having a group of 5 to 10 people giving their opinion in a controlled environment will provide more precise insights into what consumers were looking for. Therefore, they could learn how to make their products more appealing!
Fast forward until today, and you will find algorithms! What are they? Which was the purpose of their development? In a less technical definition, we may say “an algorithm is a set of instructions for solving a problem or accomplishing a task” in a less technical description. Pretty harmless so far, right?
Add to that equation the social media, the news organization, politics, companies trying to profit, religions, etc.… and their nonending need to get your attention ALL the time for money. What does that lead us to? Well, we get to a place where massive computer processing power is used to “shout” at you many times per minute, programmed to get your attention. They will then influence something with significantly smaller processing power in comparison: your brain! The difference in processing power is enormous, so huge that one can’t even…
