Lace

…r problem is mostly that they haven’t really done the work to expose themselves to the complexities surrounding them. They have been sucked into the ideologies of their family, or culture, or political affiliati…

… the glue and growth today not tomorrow, and less on the deal, the agreement, and all the what ifs. If you love with instead of around or at. If you stay in engaged, in the here and now, lock eyes, and hold faces. Gently and long enough to see deeper. Past one’s past. If you refuse to play chess and just be. The most honest version of yourself. If you seek to be seen instead of wanted. You will create the space to believe. And as you feed and …

While social media and video game companies have been surprisingly successful at hiding their use of persuasive design from the public, one breakthrough occurred in 2017 when Facebook documents were leaked to The Australian. The internal report crafted by Facebook executives showed the social network boasting to advertisers that by monitoring posts, interactions, and photos in real time, the network is able to track when teens feel “insecure,” “worthless,” “stressed,” “useless” and a “failure.” Why would the social network do this? The report also bragged about Facebook’s ability to micro-target ads down to “moments when young people need a confidence boost.”