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Algorithmic Blindspots - David Perell
- In a 2017 interview, Ev Williams (the founder of Twitter), said something that has stuck with me since: “the trouble with algorithms, is that it rewards extremes. Say you’re driving down the road and see a car crash. Of course you look. Everyone looks. The internet interprets behavior like this to mean everyone is asking for car crashes, so it trie... See more
from My Favorite Questions by sari azout
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We find growth while searching for other things. Algorithms give us exactly what we want on demand, so we never need to search, and never find what we never knew we needed.
from 40 Useful Concepts You Should Know by Gurwinder
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- At their best, these algorithms can surface delightful serendipity — expanding our horizons in ways that enrich our understanding. At their worst, they create perverse incentives and reward the wrong things, polluting a platform’s culture and eroding trust in its community.
from WTF Quora: how a platform eats itself
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