Comment by b112

4 days ago

Cambridge Analytics shows that there's no "seeking out", instead it enters your feed on Facebook and other sites. That you don't go looking, but it's recommended. And CA did quite well doing this, so it's not a myth or hyperbole.

We must learn from history. Not wave it away.

I think the novel was Imperial Earth, but I'm not sure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Earth

It's not the highlight of that novel, but I recall the person selected being upset, as it would interfere with their research work. And then some line about "that's why you're perfect, you don't want the job" or something similar.

But not 100% on this, it's just what Google hands me and seems to sync up.

It could have been by an obscure author, which would never show in Google results. I think around 2002 or so, I downloaded a massive txt archive of sci-fi books. As in, 1k authors+. Lots of them I couldn't find in any store. I think I've read some of each author, so it's unclear to me which it may be. And of course, I'd just buy used books by the armful back in the 90s.