Rubén Baler, neuroscientist: ‘We are guinea pigs. Our attention has become a profitable commodity’

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Rubén Baler, neuroscientist: ‘We are guinea pigs. Our attention has become a profitable commodity’
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What they haven’t realized is paying for living quarters for their tests. Give a homeless person a roof for watching ads all day?

I think I could tolerate it for a couple months at most. The problem is that good advertising doesn't exist very often so it's all just fucking annoying

Dang, that is a dystopian scenario for affordable housing. That's some black mirror Fifteen Million Merits stuff.