00:00Sir, why is social media so addictive?
00:02The interest of the social media company lies in maximizing your screen time
00:08so that you can be shown the maximum number of advertisements.
00:12That's how they make their money.
00:14But in maximizing your screen time, is your weakness being maximized?
00:20And that will have a great bearing on what becomes of our species.
00:25Because unlike other species, we are not just our bodies.
00:28We are conscious people.
00:30We are more mental than physical beings.
00:34If the mind itself gets influenced and corrupted,
00:38then it's as if the entire species has been changed for the worse.
00:43In fact, if we were a more conscious society,
00:46we would probably want to have some kind of regulation on the algorithms.
00:53Because it's not a virtual reality anymore.
00:56It's an entire society in itself.
00:58So, we need to figure out what is being served to a particular person and how.
01:05You have to ask, if this were a real-life person sitting in front of me,
01:10what would I relate to him?
01:11What questions would I ask her?
01:12Just that the algorithms are not trained to take these reports too seriously.
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