Trying to get people to understand that humans can and are being manipulated by the data we are giving these platforms is frustrating. Most think it is all about advertising when its actually about having enough data about you to hack your feelings and opinions. (insert long rant about the evils of Facebook here).
Dataism is not all bad, it has potential to be beneficial, Here is a part of a talk by Yuval Noah Harari about where data collection is and could take us.
https://youtu.be/4ChHc5jhZxs?t=2080
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