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There is a tech experiment that I long to do. It is to set up fake online personas for a Hitler-worshipper and a Stalin fan, then wait to see what merchandise the likes of Facebook and Amazon’s robotic helpers serve up for their delight. 我很想做一次科技实验：在网络上设置两个虚假用户，分别为希特勒(Hitler)崇拜者和斯大林(Stalin)迷，然后拭目以待Facebook、亚马逊(Amazon)等互联网公司的机器人助手会推荐什么样的商品来讨好他们。 I actually quite appreciate web companies’ suggestions, based on my browsing history, for stuff I might like. It is like having a friendly idiot savant scanning the horizon, with a slightly too binary version of my preferences, but nonetheless often hitting the spot. 我其实非常感谢互联网公司基于我的浏览历史，为我推荐我可能喜欢的物品。这就像让一个友善的“白痴天才”（idiot savant，有认知障碍，但在某方面有超乎常人的能力——译者注）怀着对我的偏好的过于机械的理解，去搜索海量信息，不过也常常可以切中我的需求。 | 
