Writer and artist James Bridle uncovers a darkish, unusual nook of the internet, the place unknown folks or teams on YouTube hack the brains of younger youngsters in return for promoting income. From “surprise egg” reveals and the “Finger Family Song” to algorithmically created mashups of acquainted cartoon characters in violent conditions, these videos exploit and terrify younger minds — and they inform us one thing about the place our more and more data-driven world is headed. “We need to stop thinking about technology as a solution to all of our problems, but think of it as a guide to what those problems actually are, so we can start thinking about them properly and start to address them,” Bridle says.
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