
Google’s The Selfish Ledger (leaked internal video)
About this video
Leaked internal Google X video, 'The Selfish Ledger', a speculative thought experiment about treating user data as a ledger that could guide and shape human behavior, including products sold to fill data gaps.
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HN cites it as a glimpse of how Google and other data companies think about behavioral sequencing and data collection.
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From the Hacker News discussion
I think this will happen. Brings to mind Google's secret project The Selfish Ledger, especially how it can be used for "Behavioural Sequencing"... [0] As tech gets better it'll become easier to analyse the masses and make good predictions - how much can the masses put up with? How much further can we push them before the boiling point is reached? [0] [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗In the abstract, this reminds me of the selfish ledger concept video, where they discussed pushing specific products on relevant customers in order to fill gaps in data collection. [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗This reminds me of Google's 'The Selfish Ledger' thought experiment video from a few years ago: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Brings to mind that old leaked Google internal 'thought experiment' video "The Selfish Ledger": [VIDEO]
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