Audience Capture

Audience Capture is a self-reinforcing feedback loop that involves telling one's audience what they want to hear and getting rewarded for it. Eric originally introduced this concept in an article published in May 8, 2018 at the New York Times by Bari Weiss, titled Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web.

I may have introduced the concept of Audience Capture, because I've been worrying about the same thing from the beginning. You know, I think I've counseled many people that you have to put poisonous tweets for the people who follow you, who you wish would not follow you, you know, you have to make sure in some sense, that they understand that you're not there to flatter them.

Eric Weinstein on Rebel Wisdom @ 10 min

Related Concepts

• Feedback Capture
• Interoperability and Exclusion

Additional Resources

• Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web Published on May 8, 2018 on The New York Times
• Making Sense with Sam Harris #229 ~08:50