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When you lose track of your own thoughts

I cannot tell anymore if my political opinions are actually mine or just whatever the algorithm has fed me for the past two years.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Algorithmic curation of information has made authentic belief formation nearly impossible to distinguish from manipulation.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Technology and democracy?”

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