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And so Google simplifies the world and presents the simplification to you
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The Creepy Line

And so Google simplifies the worldand presents the simplification to you, which is also...

And so Google simplifies the world
and presents the simplification to you, which is also what your perceptual
systems do, and so basically we're building a giant perceptual machine that's an intermediary between
us and the complex world

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And so Google simplifies the world and presents the simplification to you,
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which is also what your perceptual systems do, and so basically
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we're building a giant perceptual machine
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that's an intermediary between us and the complex world.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:46
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Wandering Foot Productions

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Movie Summary

The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and how they do it.
The problem with that is that whatever the assumptions are that Google operates - The Creepy Line 00:13
The problem with that is that whatever the assumptions are t...
So, when you want to find something, a term, a person, do you Google it? - The Creepy Line 00:05
So, when you want to find something, a term, a person, do yo...
It's really fast, no doubt about that, - The Creepy Line 00:07
It's really fast, no doubt about that,
The algorithm that they use to show us search results, - The Creepy Line 00:26
The algorithm that they use to show us search results,
Let's say I type in, “What's the best dog food?” - The Creepy Line 00:16
Let's say I type in, “What's the best dog food?”...
So, the filtering is biased, because why did it pick those websites instead - The Creepy Line 00:18
So, the filtering is biased, because why did it pick those w...
It would be useless for us unless it was biased. - The Creepy Line 00:08
It would be useless for us unless it was biased.
That's precisely what we want. We want it to be biased. - The Creepy Line 00:06
That's precisely what we want. We want it to be biased.
So, the problem comes in, obviously, when we're not talking about dog foods, - The Creepy Line 00:08
So, the problem comes in, obviously, when we're not tal...
I am running for President of the United States. - The Creepy Line 00:07
I am running for President of the United States.
Because if we're asking questions about issues like immigration - The Creepy Line 00:12
Because if we're asking questions about issues like imm...
It's gonna do the filtering, so it's gonna do some selecting from among billions - The Creepy Line 00:10
It's gonna do the filtering, so it's gonna do some...
It will always favor one dog food over another, - The Creepy Line 00:16
It will always favor one dog food over another,
The Google search algorithm is made up of several hundred signals that - The Creepy Line 00:11
The Google search algorithm is made up of several hundred si...
Just last year, we launched over 500 changes to our algorithm, so by some count - The Creepy Line 00:11
Just last year, we launched over 500 changes to our algorith...
Now it's possible that they're using unbiased algorithms, but they're not using - The Creepy Line 00:13
Now it's possible that they're using unbiased algo...
They're built specifically to filter out whatever's bad. - The Creepy Line 00:06
They're built specifically to filter out whatever'...
What happens is the best technical people with the biggest computers with the - The Creepy Line 00:27
What happens is the best technical people with the biggest c...
As a digital platform, we feel like we are on the cutting edge of the issues - The Creepy Line 00:10
As a digital platform, we feel like we are on the cutting ed...
Where do you draw the line of freedom of speech and so on? - The Creepy Line 00:05
Where do you draw the line of freedom of speech and so on?