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Re:‘Culture wars’ are fought by tiny minority – UK study by Nasrudith on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @09:37PM (#24914069)
Tell me - what is the difference between algorithims and salespeople taking advantage of evolved human behavior to drive sales? Is a real estate agent who has baking chocolate chip cookies? Is the canned bread smell of subway not the same thing?
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Re:‘Culture wars’ are fought by tiny minority – UK study by arrosenberg on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @01:20PM (#24921475)
Scale and automation. A salesman in Dubuque, Ill. can only apply his charms to one person at a time, in one location, for a limited amount of time per day. The algorithm industrializes this ability and can hit everybody on Earth at once.

Plus, the experience of eating a cookie has an inherent, positive psychological value, even if the intention is still to separate your from your money. Art vs. Science, God vs. the Devil, etc.

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