Comments by "Eli Nope" (@elinope4745) on "We've stopped trusting institutions and started trusting strangers | Rachel Botsman" video.

  1. it is your job as an individual to be a detective on how you are being manipulated. you need to learn how manipulation works, you need to understand past examples of manipulation and how it applied. you need to look at motivation to manipulate people's behavior and look at who gains and who loses. when you understand this, you can create a 2nd account on anonymous block chains, and you can manipulate just as well as they can. when everyone does this, than the whole thing falls apart.
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  2. at the end of the day we are just biological machines driven by emotional behavior that was selected to get us to reproduce. greed is motivated differently in men and women. men are greedy because it will get them laid. if they stock up on resources they can use it to attract a woman (that is why you see men buying expensive cars and peacocking). women are greedy because of an instinct for nesting behavior and providing a safe environment for their children to grow up in as well as provide them food. this is instinct. in this manner most mammals that share parenting are greedy. it results in the survival and thriving of their offspring.
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  3. cops using predictive technology that monitors social networks to pinpoint criminals and potential crimes before they occur. mix this with the justice system where the people do not make the laws and often oppose some laws. now tack in the fact that prosecuting attorneys offer plea deals but threaten extreme jail time if the person pleas not guilty and takes it to court. over 90% of people take the plea deal, many of them innocent. certain demographics are more targeted than others. and some actions which would otherwise be considered cultural norms for these groups are instead considered criminal actions. (marijuana should be legal for example, and black people are more likely to be targeted by the crime tracking software).
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