Friday, March 28,
2025
Time: 2:48 PM
Song: Who Are You
Artist: The Who
Mode of Consumption: Listening to Playlist Pandemonium Artist Spotlight on the
Who playlist.
Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/23IJ5wLRhEZ9DOuia5mPiZ?si=2b27f431768e4c63
In the manipulative algorithm world of social media, I have
been bombarded with posts about outer space today. The one I just scrolled by was
posted by a page entitled “The Secrets of the Universe.”
The hook for the post is that astronomers estimate that 95%
of the galaxies in the universe are permanently unreachable due to the
expansion of space itself.
Sounds scientific. Maybe “The Secrets of the Universe” is a
legitimate scientific organization. I am not going to risk checking.
Of course, I would suggest 95% of the galaxies in the
universe are currently unreachable by humans whether space is expanding or not.
Probably that number will not lower much before humans take their last spin on
this planet.
Space is that big to begin with.
You can bet the reason I am getting these posts is because I
must have clicked on some link or another about some space story in the relatively
recent past. I might have. I don’t remember, but the AI overlords never forget.
So, now I am getting lambasted with dubious facts about space. God forbid that
a social media site contains just posts from those within your network or
groups that you follow.
Even better is the rulers of these algorithms pay no heed to
the validity of the sites that they push. Thus, turning our pages into collections
of half-truths and facts twisting all in hopes I will click some more.
A quick check and right now two of the ten posts are from
actual people in my friend network. That sort like getting two minutes of
content and eight minutes of commercials. Soon scientists might estimate that
95% of the friends in our network will be too far away to reach.
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