The world described in all those cyberpunk novels of the 1980s and 1990s is upon us, it seems…
My smirk at the post-election deluge of articles & blogs in the line of “Did.I.help.to.make.Trump.President?.Oh.woe.is.me.We.should.look.to.our.ethics!” by my fellow internet content creators has long since vanished. They keep vomiting up their phony regrets - for more money.
YES, THEY DID IT! but with the aid of human nature. And it was not a fluke.
“Our smartphone, Kosinski concluded, is a vast psychological questionnaire that we are constantly filling out, both consciously and unconsciously.”
Long read, but it is an excellent article to pass along to oversharing friends and colleagues. Although it is way too late to do anything about their fate, anyway >:D (Picks out today’s tinfoil hat from vast collection) http://motherboard.vice.com/read/big-data-cambridge-analytica-brexit-trump?