I worry that social media is constructing a reality of things which push emotional buttons because Engagement for the Engagment God; Cortisol for the Cortisol Throne but it is, essentially, causing widespread information pollution via virulent false memes.
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I am reminded of the Toxoplasma Of Rage, which implies the memeiest memes to meme a meme will be the ones which split the carrier base into two sides and maximally excite both against the other, and further that meme purveyors will learn and weaponize this.
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This seems like a good example, because there are multiple constituencies active on Twitter who are inclined to retweet out of love, out of hate, out of spite for those who hate, etc.
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It’s a rewards program (now on all their policies). If you don’t send them data, you don’t get the rewards.
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Ahh. Honestly conflicted as to scoring it “The claim is technically true in that a paladin could make it to save the life of a child without risking lawful good alignment but only if their deity were lawful stupid” or “Bah, false, obviously.”
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Check the pinned tweet on
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Their press release explains that you can have normal life insurance (which now comes with an optional website/app with health resources), or you can have "Vitality PLUS", which costs more and includes a wearable device (Fitbit or Apple Watch).https://www.johnhancock.com/news/insurance/2018/09/john-hancock-leaves-traditional-life-insurance-model-behind-to-incentivize-longer--healthier-lives.html …
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damn voice of reason
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fwiw David Anderson had a take that this might be an attempt to segment the market and serve the healthier cohort exclusively https://www.balloon-juice.com/2018/09/20/cream-skimming-life-insurance-and-wellness-programs/ …
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