In a world we prefer algorithmic newsfeeds to editorialized news?
It is quite possible.
Not saying it is what's happening.
But pretending our brain isn't subject to manipulation isn't the way to our own betterment.
Not saying it is what's happening.
But pretending our brain isn't subject to manipulation isn't the way to our own betterment.
In Iran of 2026, neither food nor even water is secure. That is very low on the same hierarchy. I would say that this is a much stronger motivation for discontent than anything on the heavily censored local Internet.