Self-Made
The Banality of Online Recommendation Culture
A recent surge of human-curated guidance is both a reaction against and an extension of the tyranny of algorithmic recommendations.
By Kyle Chayka
October 30, 2024
Illustration by Ariel Davis
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A recent surge of human-curated guidance is both a reaction against and an extension of the tyranny of algorithmic recommendations.
By Kyle Chayka
October 30, 2024
Illustration by Ariel Davis
Save this story
In the 2010s, affiliate marketing became a dominant strain of online business models. The Wirecutte... See more
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If media and machines have fused into one great engine of scale, what stands opposite it? Man’s search for meaning . But in an age of accelerating extremes, even meaning must market itself to remain relevant. We like to think it waits patiently in our private lives — but I suspect that’s wishful thinking. Meaning too must earn its keep.6
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