Society is at the mercy of their apps on their phones, and it goes deeper than you may think. The algorithms created by backend software engineers are practically intoxicating. In order to protect your attention span and cognitive thinking, one must distance themselves from “the next best social media platform” because it’s simply more addictive. Applications like TikTok (The Chinese app that President Trump tried to ban stateside), are created to lessen the attention span of the masses. This is achieved by making videos extremely short. What ever content you decide to watch more of, the algorithm begins to force feed you videos pertaining to your personal interests. The moment you see something you don’t want to watch, you can simply swipe down to a completely different video. While this sounds like a grand old time, there is sufficient evidence … Continue reading The Illusion Cast Over Western Civilization