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Video games are a global phenomenon ... but real industry power lies with companies, and surprising dynamics, one might not regularly hear about.

In 2015, Snapchat released beautification filters, a seemingly benign way to enhance your look, but they wreak havoc on mental health. Why do these filters exist? What vacuum do they fill, and what do they say about technology and its implications for the lived human experience? 

Liberal democracies support free discourse, allowing liberal societies to produce knowledge economies and meritocratic, representative systems. But that very openness is what also makes them vulnerable to infodemics.