Weapons of Mass Distraction (Part 2)

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1.	The Internet: It's a Trap! 03:10	buy track
2.	Caught in the World Wide Web 02:55	buy track
3.	Notifications: Digital Shock Treatment 01:25	buy track
4.	Lost in the Infinite Scroll 00:49	buy track
5.	Sleep Mode is Awake 00:56	buy track
6.	Machine Learning Algorithm: It's Feeding Time 02:58	buy track
7.	Where's the Off Button? 04:00	buy track
8.	Harder Better Faster Stronger Behavior Modification 04:17	buy track

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Weapons of Mass Distraction. Part 2.

There wasn’t a warning on those shiny eye-catching AOL CDs that found their way into people’s homes in the 90s. Enticed by the “You’ve got Mail!” notification, humanity became caught in The World Wide Web without knowing all the possible side-effects. Everything became so convenient or at least it seemed that way. With the same mobile device tethered to their hand, a person could teach themself algebra or be distracted by covfefe. The internet offered a world of information without verification and hyperconnection without an off button for disconnection. Wealthy technology corporations played a game of “Catch Me If You Can!” that could end in Candy Crush or Cambridge Analytica. Either way, the data was fed back into machine learning algorithms to improve behavior prediction and thus also behavior modification. It was a gold rush for advertisers, politicians, or whoever else wanted to influence the 99%. The internet delivered a future where humans learned to give computers control so they could spend more time getting lost in the infinite scroll.

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released April 6, 2020

Recorded live by Bernard Farley using the Roland tr-8s. Mixed and Mastered by Bernard Farley using Ableton Live and iZotope OZone. Artwork and graphic design by Bernard Farley.

Weapons of Mass Distraction (Parts 1-6) are released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this work even for commercial reasons, as long as the creator (Bernard Farley) is appropriately credited and the derivative works and new creations are licensed under the identical terms. This license is often compared to open source software licenses. All new works based on the music of Weapons of Mass Distraction will carry the same license, so any derivatives will also allow commercial use.

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Outputmessage Washington

Outputmessage is Bernard Farley, an experience artist based in Washington, D.C. Through, dancing, music, DJing, photography, and video, he creates familiar, yet subversive, multi-faceted experiences that explore themes of queer and black identity. His recent works include the explosive protest techno song and video “Wake the Fuck up!” and the bewildering Weapons of Mass Distraction. ... more

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