Behind the Algorithm: Why Platforms Push Addiction
Dr. Motahhare Eslami explains how algorithmic systems nudge us toward addictive engagement and reinforce echo chambers.
➡️ Full episode link: https://youtu.be/xTgzG04hyXI
#TechEthics #DigitalAddiction #Algorithms #SocialMediaStudy #PodcastEpisode #theinternetiscrack
“Platforms optimize for engagement—and we live with the consequences.”
Dr. Motahhare Eslami discusses the structural choices behind algorithmic systems and how those choices create the manipulations we see today. A different value system could create a very different internet.
🔗 Full episode: https://youtu.be/xTgzG04hyXI
#Algorithms #FediTech #OnlineSafety #TechPhilosophy #AIethics #AI #theinternetiscrack
Engagement Algorithms Are Designed to Keep You Online
Dr. Eslami discusses how engagement-focused design shapes your experience and keeps you inside the system. The full episode explores the impact on autonomy, privacy, and digital well-being.
🎧 Full episode: https://youtu.be/xTgzG04hyXI
#FediTech #DigitalEthics #AlgorithmAwareness #OpenWeb #Podcast #theinternetIsCrack
From Routines to Prediction Machines
“Machine learning systems built on years of online data can now predict what we will click, watch, or want.”
We talk with Dr. Eslami about the hidden algorithmic forces behind online addiction and how we can understand and manage their impact.
Listen to the episode: https://youtu.be/xTgzG04hyXI
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Unmasking the Algorithmic Systems That Drive Online Addiction
🎧 New episode — https://youtu.be/xTgzG04hyXI
#TheInternetIsCrack #NewEpisode #TechPodcast #Algorithms #DigitalWellbeing #OnlineAddiction #Fediverse
We Haven’t Been Honest About Ethics
Dr. David Gunkel pushes us to confront how inconsistent our moral boundaries really are. Whether it’s animals, insects, or emerging AI systems, the line between “worthy” and “not worthy” is more flexible — and more revealing — than we admit.
🔗 Listen here: https://youtu.be/MnxiXruwmC8
#AI #Ethics #Philosophy #Consciousness #TechTalk #DavidGunkel #TheinternetIsCrack
🤖 “Being alive” isn’t just biological.
Dr. David Gunkel discusses how different cultures — like Japan’s concept of inochi — see life as a continuum that even includes robots.
What happens when AI starts to fit that definition?
🎧 https://youtu.be/MnxiXruwmC8
#AI #Philosophy #TechPodcast #TheInternetIsCrack #CulturalStudies
🎧 The Internet is Crack Podcast — New Episode!
Dr. David Gunkel joins to ask: can AI truly create, and what happens if the law starts to recognize it?
👉 Listen now: https://youtu.be/MnxiXruwmC8
Belief beyond reason — the real startup fuel.
#Startups #Entrepreneurship #Motivation #Business #theinternetiscrack
Building startups: irrational, painful, and oddly addictive.
Adam Rodnitzky shares what it’s really like to build in Silicon Valley — securing funding, scaling teams, and finding creative joy in the struggle. A candid take on entrepreneurship’s highs and lows from someone who’s lived it.
🎧 Hear the full episode → https://youtu.be/UZGhtkofWVo
#Startups #Entrepreneurship #CreativeBusiness #Podcast #SiliconValley #theinternetiscrack
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