Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Addictive videos exploit and terrify young minds -- and they tell us something about where our increasingly data-driven world is headed. - The Message is really Important! Watch It for the Content!
Writer and artist James Bridle uncovers a dark, strange corner of the
internet, where unknown people or groups on YouTube hack the brains of
young children in return for advertising revenue. From "surprise egg"
reveals and the "Finger Family Song" to algorithmically created mashups
of familiar cartoon characters in violent situations, these videos
exploit and terrify young minds -- and they tell us something about
where our increasingly data-driven world is headed. "We need to stop
thinking about technology as a solution to all of our problems, but
think of it as a guide to what those problems actually are, so we can
start thinking about them properly and start to address them," Bridle
says.