So it's no surprise, in the midst of all this, our country has experienced an erosion of civic life, growing distrust in government and each other, increasing economic inequality, and a polarized nation. Then in the last few years, compounding all of this, Social media companies built algorithms which fuel rage, which fuels their profits. Rage based on race and religion, gender and sexual orientation based on rural versus urban, native born versus naturalized, Republican versus Democrat. So I'm here for some real talk, clearly. (12:08–12:16)
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Asserts that social media algorithms are designed to incite anger for profit.
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