Stephen Black

Awareness, for one. Creating friction—like setting boundaries, muting notifications, or whatever suits you—can help us take back control and make the game work in our favor. As Kahneman himself suggested, recognizing our cognitive shortcuts is half the battle; the other half is finding ways to challenge them.

"Once you have a good VR / AR system you no longer need phones or TVs or any other major physical objects - They can just become apps in a digital store."

Newsfluencers have skyrocketed in popularity on TikTok and Instagram, including CJ Pearson and Emily Saves America on the right and Harry Sisson and Vitus “V” Spehar on the left. They sometimes get double the views of legacy media.

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