Digital Manipulation

TED Radio Hour

NPR

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Technology has reshaped our lives in amazing ways. But at what cost? This hour, TED speakers reveal how what we see, read, believe — even how we vote — can be manipulated by the technology we use. Guests include journalist Carole Cadwalladr, consumer advocate Finn Myrstad, writer and marketing professor Scott Galloway, behavioral designer Nir Eyal, and computer graphics researcher Doug Roble.

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0:00.0	This is the Ted Radio Hour.
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0:36.0	So on the morning of June 24th, 2016,
0:40.0	British citizens woke up stunned.
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0:44.0	And certainly none of the polls predicted the majority of them would support Brexit.
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