Charles > Recent Status Updates

After learning how Cambridge Analytics aggregated personal data from all sorts of sources (thanks to no small part to Facebook), and being able to construct seemingly realistic personality profiles on many Americans, these disinformation tactics -- usually deployed for counter insurgency in some developing country -- have now contributed to the rise of the alt-right movement. Genuinely fearful of power/reach of fb.

I feel like I am reading a textbook, but at least I am halfway and the hard stuff is outta the way!

Poor guy. His wife left him because she was unsatisfied with the sex. O_O

We've covered the six moral foundations theory, which includes: care/harm, fairness/proportionality, loyalty, authority/respect, sanctity, and liberty/oppression. Quite intriguing research

I've finished reading the section about Sanders' campaign trail. It now seems like the rest of the book is about his research (or homework that he did) to support his issues and policies, like fixing income inequality. While it's insightful to see where Sanders bases his information on, the only way to comb out the actual state of matters is by probing deeper into each issue through more research outside of the book.