Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Your Computer Is Lying to You (For Your Own Good)
Your computer is lying to you. And it’s just going to get worse. And maybe that’s OK, at least in the case of what’s called “benevolent deception”: white lies that make things work better for you.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readYour computer is lying to you. And it’s just going to get worse. And maybe that’s OK, at least in the case of what’s called “benevolent deception”: white lies that make things work better for you.
The full episode
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Conflicting Diet Studies, The Culture of Reddit, and a Famous Boulder- 0:00Deasy’s iPad Problem
- 8:08Can We Believe Weight Loss Studies?
- 17:11Reddit, Sexting, and Hacked Celebrity Photos
- 25:26The Path of Levitated Mass
- 41:42Your Computer Is Lying to You (For Your Own Good)You’re reading this
The full episode
5 of 5Conflicting Diet Studies, The Culture of Reddit, and a Famous Boulder- 0:00Deasy’s iPad Problem
- 8:08Can We Believe Weight Loss Studies?
- 17:11Reddit, Sexting, and Hacked Celebrity Photos
- 25:26The Path of Levitated Mass
- 41:42Your Computer Is Lying to You (For Your Own Good)You’re reading this