"I think what's been interesting about the manipulations of a digital age is that it is absolutely natural and normal for people to be offended at the idea that they are being manipulated. None of us like to feel that way. And I think we wasted about-whatever it's been since the invention of the iPhone-trying to bat away that idea, calling it a moral panic, blaming each other."
"And I think we wasted about-whatever it's been since the invention of the iPhone-trying to bat away that idea, calling it a moral panic, blaming each other, [and] talking about it as if it were an individual act of will. In fact, she notes, "we are all being manipulated. Me, too. . . . Once we can all admit that, on the left and the right, then we can direct our attention to who's been doing this and to what advantage.""
Themes include culture, technology, gentrification, and politics, centering on how devices and social media shape thought and political discourse. The emphasis frames contemporary manipulation as a form of mind control that people resist because no one likes to feel manipulated. Much time has been wasted dismissing such concerns as a moral panic, blaming individuals, or treating influence as an act of personal will. A collective admission that everyone is being manipulated is necessary to shift attention toward identifying the actors, mechanisms, and advantages of engineered influence.
Read at The New Yorker
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