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Gavin Newsom: “There was an experiment I read the other day where they…”

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Why Trump Is Exactly What The Algorithm Wants | David Pakman

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It was more Charlie Kirk and then different conversations to your point, and within. And it was his entire friend group. I mean, and I don't care. There was an experiment I read the other day where they provided tablets for boys around the globe. And it was, I think within 22 minutes, they all had formulated the same construct in terms of the algorithms that found them, that sought them out. You're not searching for information, they're seeking you out and targeting you at a level. So that's, I mean, how. And this is the challenge. (20:23–20:40)

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