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If you want to understand how easy it is to maneuver you, please watch this *until the end*. How they did it will make sense at the end. Crazy, huh? #QAnon
After watching this, think about your relationship to clickbait. Think [they] don't know what triggers you? Don't get distracted 🕵️♂️
What's "trending" is a way to suck you in. Anything trending really matter?
If you are in a crowd, and suddenly everyone moves in a direction... you follow. You want to know.
It rarely matters what drew that crowd in. It's the theory of attractors. Vectors.
If you are in a crowd, and suddenly everyone moves in a direction... you follow. You want to know.
It rarely matters what drew that crowd in. It's the theory of attractors. Vectors.
Modeling what we'll do next is not that hard, actually. It's a differential equation.
It's sometimes called a "toy model" which is ironic, right?
Sensitive dependence on initial conditions. This is what fake news is. Mathematical models to set the initial conditions...
It's sometimes called a "toy model" which is ironic, right?
Sensitive dependence on initial conditions. This is what fake news is. Mathematical models to set the initial conditions...
...What you'll react to.
If this is too abstract, I'm just saying it's easy to lead you by the nose when you know the person you want to target likes bacon. They put bacon in the food. Get it?
If this is too abstract, I'm just saying it's easy to lead you by the nose when you know the person you want to target likes bacon. They put bacon in the food. Get it?
What breaks this "let them eat bacon" model down is new data, so [they] prevent that at all costs to protect their model, which they spent billions to protect.
Enter Donald Trump. The ultimate model breaker.
Enter Donald Trump. The ultimate model breaker.
