But here’s the twist: the line between reality and imagination has never been thinner. With social media, AI, and algorithm-fed content, we can live in a world where virtual existence isn’t just an ...

The private companies in control of social-media networks possess an unprecedented ability to manipulate and control the populace, to keep them in a kind of algorithmic cage divorced from reality.

Algorithmic trading uses computers to trade ... same trading algorithms to slower-moving markets such as bonds or real estate contracts, too (Those quick-thinking computers get around).

Will actual reality ever intrude today? The private companies in control of social-media networks possess an unprecedented ability to manipulate and control the populace, to keep them in a kind of ...