What is “Snapchat dysmorphia”? Please look up dysmorphic disorder and then after watching the entire video discuss whether these technologies can make us more vulnerable to dysmorphic perceptions of ourselves, our bodies, our identities?
Jaron Lanier claims that the only thing they [the tech industry] can possibly make on is what and why is it the only possible product. Please fully discuss his assertions on behavior and perception.
Shoshana Zuboff claims that this is a new kind of marketplace now that trades exclusively in human futures. Please look up the “futures” markets and discuss what you think the significance of this is.
According to Tristan Harris what are the three goals powered by algorithms and how are they related to manipulation of behavior? What is the psychology of persuasion?
According to Dr. Anna Lembke, the Medical Director of Addiction Medicine at Stanford School of Medicine, social media is a drug. Please discuss why she makes this claim and then look the etymology of the word “addiction” and discuss the consequences of social media being an addictive drug.
Please discuss Facebook’s massive scale contagion experiments and their implications.
What is the “dopamine hit” that Chamath Palihapitiya is referring?
Please discuss Dr. Jonathan Haidt’s argument about anxiety and depression with young girls.
Cathy O’neal says that algorithms are opinions embedded in code, what does she mean by this?
Please discuss the concept of “remote control warfare” and its relation to the metaphor “2.7 billion Truman Shows”.
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