#21 - Bill Facciolo

Bill Facciolo is a Developer, Computer Scientist, and an amateur meteorologist. Key Links From Our Conversation: 1. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180402-the-fascinating-world-of-instagrams-virtual-celebrities 2. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/stretching-theory/201809/how-many-decisions-do-we-make-each-day%3famp 3. https://www.google.com/amp/s/gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-dont-be-evil-from-1826153393/amp (Full Links List is in the Shownotes on https://www.trendifier.com) ***TIME STAMPS*** 1:58 - 10:13 ~ Mentality in your 20s; Imposter Syndrome/Success; Millennials' worldview 10:13 - 16:18 ~ "You don't know what you don't know"; Internet 3.0, AI, and Virtual Influencers 16:18 - 27:18 ~ Fake news and the ripple effects it has on culture; Impressions, engagement, & subscription psychology; Psychological conditioning on social media 27:18 - 43:17 ~ "Thought Bubbles" & "Echo Chambers"; Negativity in culture and in humanity itself; Social media and happiness 43:17 - 1:06:27 ~ The Bin Laden Raid & Twitter; The Court of Public Opinion & the real courts; the 24 hour news cycle; Disruptors & Podcasting like Call Her Daddy (CHD); Greg Oden, Kevin Durant, & Risk vs. Reward; Alcoa CEO Paul O'Neill's marriage of data and humanity; the future of people vs. data 1:06:27 - 1:15:27 ~ Companies' "negative" consumer experiences driven by profits; Capitalism: a great system with flaws 1:15:27 - 1:21:29 ~ The point where data becomes the employee and not the human 1:21:29 - 1:29:51 ~ Julian tells a story of going to an Amazon AWS Loft in NYC 1:29:51 - 1:36:43 ~ The need for Federal Anti-Trust Suits (Amazon, Google); Google's algorithm & machine learning 1:36:43 - 1:52:57 ~ Julian brings up the movie Ex-Machina; Google; Why the Google Tagline "Don't be evil" is problematic; Government regulations due to "bad apples"; Jared Dillian's quote about Lehman Brothers 1:52:57 - 1:58:17 ~ Bill uses the three laws of entropy and thermodynamics to explain everything 1:58:17 - 2:06:12 ~ Julian talks about the early days of the US and how fewer choices" created fewer decision points and fewer laws; Columbine & Tec-9's 2:06:12 - 2:13:35 ~