Barack Obama

The algorithm.

Yes, yes, yes.

It does capture your mind and send you down a very narrow track in a way that – and it's interesting for me.

I said like my brain doesn't work that way.

Right.

But I'll be honest with you.

With me, it's mostly like.

sports videos.

But I see how this mechanism works where you can just get on a track and you will suddenly be consumed by this thing for half an hour.

or, and you look up and you've wasted a whole bunch of time and, and, but what it's also done is it has narrowed your world significantly.

And, and if, if you get on, on a political or social track on those reels, um,

Well, it is well known.

I mean, this has been documented.

Right.

You know, the design of,

phones, the way social media apps are set up, a lot of that is science based that arose out of

Figuring out how to make slot machines.

Sure, sure.

I mean, there's a reason why all these pings and lights and stuff comes up on your phone.

When notifications come, if you haven't silenced it on your phone, right?