Outrage Machine: How Tech Amplifies Discontent, Disrupts Democracy - and What We Can Do About It
Author: Tobias Rose-Stockwell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Foreword by Jonathan Haidt, author of THE RIGHTEOUS MIND An invaluable guide to understanding the technology that captures our attention with anger. The original internet was not designed to make us upset, distracted, confused, and outraged. But something unexpected happened at the turn of the last decade, when a handful of small features were quietly launched at social media companies with little fanfare. Together, they triggered a cascading set of dramatic...