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Google’s The Selfish Ledger (leaked internal video)

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Overview

Leaked internal Google X video, 'The Selfish Ledger', a speculative thought experiment about treating user data as a ledger that could guide and shape human behavior, including products sold to fill data gaps.

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HN cites it as a glimpse of how Google and other data companies think about behavioral sequencing and data collection.

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dotnet00 · 2023-05 · Reference

Brings to mind that old leaked Google internal 'thought experiment' video "The Selfish Ledger": [VIDEO]

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dotnet00 · 2022-05 · Reference

This reminds me of Google's 'The Selfish Ledger' thought experiment video from a few years ago: [VIDEO]

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crocodiletears · 2020-08 · Reference

In the abstract, this reminds me of the selfish ledger concept video, where they discussed pushing specific products on relevant customers in order to fill gaps in data collection. [VIDEO]

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