Watching or being recommended extreme content creates risk of radicalization through gradual exposure, not through single pieces of content, but it's distinguishable from legitimate algorithmic recommendation by whether people later regret the trajectory they were guided down.

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Mark Zuckerberg

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a system shows information... that has the risk of pushing you down a path towards adopting a more extreme position... that people might engage with... but over the long term, will regret and resent us for having done that.

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Mark Zuckerberg & Yuval Noah Harari in ConversationYuval Noah Harari
Created: 8/10/2026, 10:59:29 PM

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