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richwateryesterday at 8:27 PM1 replyview on HN

> It is a tool capable of pushing a human towards terrible actions

So is Catcher In The Rye and Birth of a Nation.

> the most vulnerable, and the most easily influenced

How exactly is age an indicator of vulnerability or subject-to-influence?


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sonofhanstoday at 6:19 AM

> So is Catcher In The Rye and Birth of a Nation.

No, those are books. Tools are different, particularly tools that talk back to you. Your analogy makes no sense.

> How exactly is age …

In my experience, 12-year-old humans are much easier to sway with pleasant-sounding bullshit than 24-year-old humans. Is your experience different?