1. Re: this story about facebook conducting experiments into emotions of users of service http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/06/facebook_unethical_experiment_it_made_news_feeds_happier_or_sadder_to_manipulate.html …
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@HeerJeet 1950s journalism/social criticism too, like Vance Packard's "The Hidden Persuaders" -
@evankindley Yep, it was a major theme of social criticism. People in Mad Men era were skeptical of what was going on. - Show replies
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5. Why create miniature towns populated by transplanted brains when you have social media to conduct experiments on?
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@HeerJeet That's a great Pohl story.
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@HeerJeet The obsession with advertising manipulation went beyond SF. Vance Packard wrote a book about it in 1957, The Hidden Persuaders. -
@benjamin_oc Yes, it was major theme of 1950s social criticism.
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@HeerJeet Bob Newhart, an ad man himself at the time, found the book alarming and wrote his Abe Lincoln bit in reaction.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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