# How To Live In The Social Media Matrix

**Author:** Dalton Caldwell, Michael Seibel
**Type:** Video
**URL:** https://www.ycombinator.com/library/LU-how-to-live-in-the-social-media-matrix
**YouTube ID:** RMW_33zyTK4

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Remember how in "The Matrix," Neo found out that human beings were really just being used as batteries to power the
machines that enslaved them? In a sense, social media companies are now the machines, and we, the users, have become the
batteries. With that in mind, Dalton and Michael discuss what to be aware of as we engage online and how we can leverage
the social media matrix to our benefit.

