And I think, like algorithms, like people always like to want to point towards algorithms as being by design, but they only work because they work. Right. They Algorithms only work because people do engage with the things that piss them off the most. That's if we're measuring engagement as the sole good. Right. If we were measuring people's well being. Now you have a different metric, right. But it's almost impossible to do. (1:33:33–1:33:38)
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Asserts that algorithms are effective because they engage users with content that angers them.
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