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Or Spy Agents? Samuel Phillips

is a writer, graphic designer, photogra-
pher, songwriter, singer and a lover of
God. As an Afrikan content creator, he
ife on earth has definitely take shape. is passionate about creating a better im-
changed and may not stop I know next to nothing about how
until everything either artificial intelligence works, but I age and positive narrative about Afrika
Limplodes or explodes or am sure I can mention a few things and Afrikans.
a kind of evolution takes place to about what I have experienced.
completely alter the world’s trajecto-
ry. We hope for the best though. I do a lot of learning by observa- particular product or service and the
tion and connecting dots to form a next minute you go on your social
Talking about change, evolution thought. I really do not think that media platform, you find the very
and the other stuff going on in our anyone using phones and social same product or service you just
world, one thing that clearly takes media will be surprised if I say that talked about advertised to you on
the lead is how technology and I think social media platforms are your page. If you have not noticed
the way it’s being used is changing not just platforms for social meet- it, then maybe you should pay a little
and also defining more things for ings but have also become tools more attention and you will see. It
humans than normal. In fact, it’s for controlling and manipulating looks like some kind of magic or
like technology has pushed humans human realities. You may or may not even sorcery but it’s very real and it’s
to the back of the queue and this is agree with my statement, but here is a form of control over your reality.
happening at an alarming rate, even what I have observed over time. We Your social media is a tool for mon-
as we see the start of what they are now in the age where you find itoring, manipulating and controlling
call the next evolution, which is the yourself talking in your house with you by analyzing the things you talk
merging of humans and machines, your wife, hubby or friends about a about, places you go, things you

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