Spencer Cox: “The algorithms are absolutely destroying us.”

“To outrage and hate, that serve us up on a regular basis are absolutely leading us down a very dark path. A path through platforms that look like civil war, powered by algorithms, programs written to amplify posts of rage. The algorithms are absolutely destroying us. Once they know what your political leanings are, then it's like a pack of wolves that just attack. We have this collective problem that we can't solve because we're all sucked in and we don't know how to get out.” (06:20–06:24)

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