In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica exposé we talk about how we feel about Alexander Nix and his ilk. Michael talks about his interactions with Dominic Cummings, the director the Leave Campaign. We discuss the morality of grand-scale social manipulation and the pitfalls of protecting private data in practice.
---- This week's links (unordered) ----
[1] Vice's January 2017 piece on Cambridge Analytica - https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mg9vvn/how-our-likes-helped-trump-win
[2] Cambridge Analytica in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/26/the-cambridge-analytica-files-the-story-so-far
[3] Mark Zuckerberg's post: https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10104712037900071
[4] Casserole Club Brighton - https://www.casseroleclub.com/
[5] The Body Keeps Score - https://amzn.to/2pHYAxS
[6] Conservatives big on fear, brain study finds: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-beast/201104/conservatives-big-fear-brain-study-finds
[7] Jessica Jones - https://www.netflix.com/title/80002311
[8] Angel - https://amzn.to/2pJwVwx
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Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest
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