>How is this any different from turning our perception of what's real over to mechanical turk systems like newspapers and TV news?
In the sense that having some hot oil spill on your hands while frying something is not the same as being submerged in burning oil as a medieval punishment.
Network and scale effects affect the impact of technological innovations. Even quantitative increase, over time, leads to different qualitative impact. But here we also have qualitative differences (e.g. TV networks didn't know shit about you, social networks know everything about your preferences, searches, friends, and so on).
In the sense that having some hot oil spill on your hands while frying something is not the same as being submerged in burning oil as a medieval punishment.
Network and scale effects affect the impact of technological innovations. Even quantitative increase, over time, leads to different qualitative impact. But here we also have qualitative differences (e.g. TV networks didn't know shit about you, social networks know everything about your preferences, searches, friends, and so on).