A great article about the work of the philosopher Byung-Chul Han: https://www.zeit.de/zeit-wissen/2014/05/byung-chul-han-philosophie-neoliberalismus/komplettansicht
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The data that turned the world upside down
motherboard.vice.com/…/how-our-likes-helped-trump-win An excellent overview about the state of the art Military psy-ops, Facebook data-mining and the possibilities and limits of influencing public opinion. In a way scary stuff, but important be aware about it. The data that turned the world upside down Background Paper on Michal Kosinski, a psychologist specialized in psycho-metrics, his invention of …
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Google and social research
US data scientist Seth Stephens‑Davidowitz on disturbing truth about our hidden desires, beliefs and prejudices by analyzing Google trends: Everybody lies: how Google search reveals our darkest secrets Everybody lies. People lie about how many drinks they had on the way home. They lie about how often they go to the gym, how much those new …