Thread by @emverse

The day is ending, but the protest is just beginning. Here is my second movement, examining @Netflix. #SaveTheOA #WatchTheOA #TheOAisReal

PART II - THE OVERARCHING ANIMUS

I must briefly address corporate capitalism. I can already hear the groans; I'll try to make this relatively short and painless.

Corporations are faceless, emotionless, profit-driven entities that exist to accumulate wealth.

This doesn't mean all companies are evil or even inherently bad. Some have at their core a deep moral stance or philosophy which they enduringly abide by.

They are the minority. Most companies are only concerned with the appearance of morality at best. They put on a charitable veneer and support popular, visible causes because it's good for optics.

There's profit to be had in positive public perception.

@Netflix is an interesting case. They are famed for their commitment to following their algorithm, their metrics.

I don't see that as innately problematic. It's actually very compelling to me. I believe artificial intelligence is critical for creating a future in which people don't fall through the cracks.

Humans can't track enough variables to be effective administrators at broad scales. AI potentially could, though.

Netflix straddles a very strange bridge into this potential future. The algorithm-touting, metric-loving company is poised as a sort of proto-largescale AI application in the context of entertainment production.

Put another way, it's an ultra-logical corporate entity providing something that cannot be measured because it feeds the human soul.

Or can it be measured? Machine intelligence requires us to program it—to teach it, in a sense, what is important.

The movements continue here:

https://twitter.com/emverse/status/1163835837550743552