stackyFACTSHumanity has essentially outsourced its collective brain to a single algorithm. From diagnosing a mild cough as a terminal illness to figuring out how many ounces are in a cup, we fire off billions of desperate questions into the void daily, fueling the most profitable advertising machine ever built.
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