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Here's another thing your essay makes me wonder about. If the little dopamine hits from the "like" buttons are sufficient to manipulate large numbers of people, what is the impact of having, say, one percent of the population bigoted enough to give whole classes of people occasional reminders of "dislike." I wonder what studies exist on living with that. As an example, it's probably rare to be ejected from a flight for being Black, but it happens. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c722ejmvlwno

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Thanks for another great essay. The TV show Black Mirror did a brilliant episode titled Nosedive on what you mention China is now working on. If you haven't seen it, I can guarantee it will interest you. In fact, Black Mirror should probably be used in college courses. Dark humor is the court jester of our day..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive_(Black_Mirror)

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