Tedx Talk: The Deceit Algorithm

Douglas Nicol
Jul 27, 2017 · 1 min read

We are lied to hundreds of times in an average day, but only detect half of the deceit dished out to us. Social media has increased the number of opportunities for us to mislead and be misled; so when we compare our lives to the portrayed perfection on social media, are we benchmarking ourselves against a lie?

You can watch my full TEDx talk below on why we lie in social media.

Douglas Nicol

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Douglas is a Partner at RXP/The Works, B&T 2018 Brand & CX Agency Of The Year. He is founder of chatbot and voice specialist On Msg, a Gartner Cool Vendor 2018

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