Carl T. Bergstrom on Nostr: Brandon Ogbunu @cbo.bsky.social and I have a new piece out in Scientific American ...
Brandon Ogbunu @cbo.bsky.social and I have a new piece out in Scientific American today.
In short, we are a species that has evolved to desire information. We have engineered a system to meet that desire—the Internet and social media—and it’s seductive. It’s wonderful, and also dangerous. Think about what happened when we created junk food aisles to satiate our evolved food cravings.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/social-media-exploits-our-evolutionary-desire-for-information/
In short, we are a species that has evolved to desire information. We have engineered a system to meet that desire—the Internet and social media—and it’s seductive. It’s wonderful, and also dangerous. Think about what happened when we created junk food aisles to satiate our evolved food cravings.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/social-media-exploits-our-evolutionary-desire-for-information/