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Working for the Machines

Posted November 17th, 2016 @ 7:47am in #Mindcontrol #Facebook #Google #Twitter

Today I see in the news that Google is trying to dehypnotize potential ISIS recruits by manipulating what content they see when they try to search for pro-ISIS stuff. That’s mind control. And it works. 

Meanwhile, Facebook is trying to have it both ways by insisting that advertising on their platform is effective while claiming the tsunami of fake news articles about the election – which outnumbered legitimate stories – had no impact on the election. But either way, it’s mind control. Because ads work.

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Death by SEO

Posted May 18th, 2015 @ 9:30am in #SEO #Google #Bing #Yahoo #webmd #nsda #spasmodicdysphonia #voiceproblem

As most of you know, several years ago I lost my ability to speak due to a rare voice problem called Spasmodic Dysphonia. My doctor and the specialists that he recommended were baffled. No one knew what was causing it. And until you have a name for your problem, it is nearly impossible to find a solution.

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Google’s 20% Policy

Posted January 14th, 2015 @ 2:19pm in #google #yahoo #marissa meyer

You probably already know that Google famously has a policy encouraging employees to use 20% of their time working on their own ideas for future Google products. 

Today there is an article about Marissa Mayer, now CEO of Yahoo, admitting that in her Google days the 20% was never real. It actually meant Google expected you to do 100% of your job plus another 20%.

Do you know who already knew the 20% wasn’t real?

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