How the Russians Hacked Your Brain ...

[PsychoBabble]

Last edited Fri Mar 31, 2017, 06:40 PM - Edit history (1)

We all like to think we are relatively self-determining, rational actors. The data says otherwise. Many US citizens had their brains hacked by the Russians during the election.

I dare you to read this story ... you will NOT look at the world the same way again (assuming Cambridge Analytica is new to you). Even if so, there are some interesting new links back to Manafort and the Russians via Mensch. Check out those links here > https://twitter.com/LouiseMensch

ARTICLE: The Data That Turned the World Upside Down
Psychologist Michal Kosinski developed a method to analyze people in minute detail based on their Facebook activity. Did a similar tool help propel Donald Trump to victory? Two reporters from Zurich-based Das Magazin went data-gathering ...

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/how-our-likes-helped-trump-win

ALSO, this:

ARTICLE: Will Donald Trump’s Data-Analytics Company Allow Russia to Access Research on U.S. Citizens?

Tracing the suspicious-looking, and messy, ties between a Ukrainian oligarch, an elections-information firm, and the GOP candidate’s former campaign manager

http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/211152/trump-data-analytics-russian-access

[Skittles]

1. not me they didn't

I do not "like" anything online - I think it is juvenile.

excellent article - I hope it makes people understand how stupid it is to have a big online presence

[PsychoBabble]

2. I think DU'ers are less influenced .... but there is some pretty ...

sophisticated stuff going on here with visual imagery in ads etc that just skips right over our cognitive evaluative processes.

We are hardwired to process images differently; much of the USA does not try to actively reject these influences ...

Yes, it brings up a critical personal question now -- what are you willing to forgo to regain your privacy?