The Chaos Machine: Social Media’s Engagement Engine — Algorithmic Power
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
This episode explores The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher as a systems-level analysis of social media, algorithmic amplification, and the attention economy.
The discussion examines incentive structures, platform design, psychological reward loops, recommendation systems, misinformation, radicalization pathways, institutional persistence, and the hidden architecture of engagement-based media.
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