I love «show, don’t tell» pieces, and this one is particularly well done. The Financial Times asks you to activate your camera to show you how and why computers are reading your emotions (or trying to, at least). Entertaining and insightful — could you avert the car crash by pulling a 😲 face? Start here

From Weekly Filet #347, in May 2021.

The emotion business: who’s cashing in on your emotions

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