Re:The Collapse of Self-Worth in the Digital Age
by TheOtherHobbes on Saturday September 21, 2024 @02:05PM
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Yes, but that's a different problem.
Although it's also tangential to the essay, which is about the mechanisation of self-image - not just sell-worth, but identity in general.
Which has always been socially imposed (even on those who are sure they're different). But now it can be directed algorithmically by a very small number of actors, who have the power to apply behaviour and value modification tools that can be individually tailored for everyone in a demographic - in ways which most people aren't even aware of.
Although it's also tangential to the essay, which is about the mechanisation of self-image - not just sell-worth, but identity in general.
Which has always been socially imposed (even on those who are sure they're different). But now it can be directed algorithmically by a very small number of actors, who have the power to apply behaviour and value modification tools that can be individually tailored for everyone in a demographic - in ways which most people aren't even aware of.
"Low self-esteem" is just one the effects.