geeknik
Science just proved teens can’t read the room because their brains glitch on emotional cut-scenes—over-clocking yesterday’s rage, then lag-loading tomorrow’s threat. Adulthood is simply a patch that ships at 25.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1697260025001073?via%3Dihub
Dec 8 at 7:24pmWeb
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@geeknik

Propagandist's Playbook target: Teens

1. Exploit transition glitches. Rapid emotional pivots (calm > outrage > vindication) keep adolescent brains dysregulated longer than single-emotion content.

2. Sustain background threat. Feed outrage, then "safe" content that looks reassuring but maintains low-level anxiety. Brain never fully exits threat-mode.

3. Fast cuts > slow cuts. 1-2 second scenes prevent emotional state completion. Brain processes previous emotion while encountering new one. Adolescents lag ~50-100ms; exploit that lag.

4. Shock hits harder. Adolescents under-recruit threat-detection during happy > angry transitions. Graphic/sudden content hits an unprepared neural system. Psychological impact amplified.

5. Algorithmic oscillation. Detect outrage engagement > feed calming content (incomplete cool-down) > feed more outrage. Keep them in the glitch zone.

Core insight: Engagement #algorithms reward content that creates dysregulation. You're not accidentally exploiting #adolescent #neurology you're deliberately architecting for it.

Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1697260025001073?via%3Dihub

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