Morlock Elloi on Fri, 24 Nov 2017 20:53:41 +0100 (CET)


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Re: <nettime> Algorithmic and pathological children's videos


Nothing new here ... look up "Teletubbies".

It raises a general question: the obviously addictive feedback loop makes people stare at screens of various sizes fed by corporate servers for a good part of their waking hours. There are numerous studies documenting cognitive changes resulting from this addiction.

Obviously, the younger a person is, the more impact.

Society already has means of dealing with this, based on age limits, for alcohol, sex, work, some drugs.

The main reason is that this issue is not raised is that the conditioning is so successful, that acknowledging and labeling it as such would negatively impact its effectiveness. Just imagine the universal ban on computer exposure for, say, under 12 - it would make adults start thinking what is happening to them, and we can't have that.



On 11/24/17, 11:25, Carsten Agger wrote:
And that is part of Bridle's and other people's angle: Can
binge-watching these, surprisingly*very*  popular and apparently
numbering in the hundreds if millions, of videos be harmful for children
- what effect can this algorithmic tour de force have on toddlers left
hour after hour to themselves?

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