Content Economy and Disinformation
10 min
Empathy by Algorithm: Why We Mourn Some and Overlook Others
One missile strike gathers millions of reposts. Twenty years of systematic executions gather nothing. We think we empathize out of conscience, but in reality, we empathize according to the feed. Algorithms decide which tragedy will trend and which will remain on the fifth page. Our anger has long ceased to be a measure of justice - it has become a currency that we spend on social points.
