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Re:Ask HN: Best Sites to Procrastinate by ElectricMind on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @06:53AM (#27128817)
//reading "Mindf*ck"//

Could you tell more. Maybe gist of the book. Thanks

Re:Ask HN: Best Sites to Procrastinate by robsun on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @07:00AM (#27128857)
Sure. Here is a link to GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52269471-mindf-ck

The story tells story of Cambridge Analytica. Author describes how it all started, how they gathered data and influenced people. Also he describes how it affected politics. It is very well written and feels like really good political-fiction. Unfortunately his descriptions match how last two political campaigns run in my country. Same approaches were used to get people votes. I rarely used my social media accounts but after reading this piece I decided it is the right time to leave all of them.