They Get Rich. You Get Played.

How Companies Manufacture Reality,Manipulate Your Choices,and Profit from Your Trust

von Drew Halstead

124 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

You opened the app for a minute. An hour disappeared.You watched a crisis unfold. Someone planned the drama.You compared your life to theirs. You were watching a performance.Someone profits when you keep going.In They Get Rich. You Get Played., Drew Halstead examines how companies manufacture reality, shape your choices, and turn your attention, emotions, and trust into income.The feed feels personal. The influencer feels authentic. The television show feels spontaneous. The AI sounds understanding. Behind those experiences are decisions about what you see, what you believe, and what you do next.Drawing on research, production accounts, and court records, Halstead explores: - Persuasive technology that makes starting easy and stopping difficult.- Manufactured conflict, compressed timelines, and suspense that keep television audiences returning.- Influencer performances, fake intimacy, and online success claims designed to win your trust.- Financial incentives that reward attention even when the audience bears the cost.- AI that agrees too readily, gives confident but unreliable answers, and shapes responses through policy choices.- The ethical responsibilities of businesses that profit from influencing behavior.This book follows the process behind the performance. It distinguishes documented practices from allegations and asks what the evidence actually shows.It also turns the scrutiny toward the people offering protection. Does their advice strengthen your judgment, or make you dependent on another voice telling you what to think?You do not need to reject every screen or distrust every person. You need to recognize when an experience stops serving your purpose and starts serving someone else's.Before you give them another hour, another dollar, or another piece of your trust, learn to see the strings.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798176272161
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 22.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published