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Your Emotions Are Being Priced by Algorithms Right Now (The Missing Half-Second Trap)

Affektökologie: Intensive Milieus und zufällige Begegnungen

Marie-Luise Angerer

You think your emotions are your own. But in the half-second before you consciously feel anything, machines are already reading, calculating, and monetizing your raw biological reactions. This video unpacks Marie-Luise Angerer's groundbreaking book 'Affektökologie: Intensive Milieus und zufällige Begegnungen' (Affect Ecology: Intensive Milieus and Accidental Encounters). We explore the shocking 1970s experiment that revealed the 'missing half-second' in human perception, how cybernetics and affective computing turned our micro-expressions into a commodity, and why the most radical act of rebellion today might be to simply do something unpredictable. Learn how smart homes, social media algorithms, and emotion AI are quietly rewiring your brain—and what you can do to protect your emotional sovereignty.