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> > You wouldn’t believe some of the shit he used to tell me about TikTok while we were tripping. > > He’d call their work “nurohacking”, because they knew the tech bypassed users’ prefrontal cortex playing to the limbic system. The limbic system measures everything as either bad or good, housing sex drive and fight or flight, perfect for training their algorithms. Also, the limbic system lacks perception of time, that’s why users are often baffled after they realize how much time they spent looking at 10 second videos. > > I was so confused when he showed me ‘user clusters’ (groups of people that all watch the same content). What was so freaky was how everyone in a cluster physically looks the same. Also kinda crazy that we were in China looking at USA users’ data. > > Interestingly, Chinese gov has policies in place that limits how much time children can use the native version of TikTok (Douyin) in their country, with other rules for adults + patriotic propaganda. They totally understand the power of this tech to warp minds. > > Just thought it was a fun LSD story.

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