As people contort themselves to please the algorithm for short-term payouts, there’s even more of the less legible, less liquid, but ultimately more important long-term value up for grabs for you if you continue to just be yourself and talk about whatever lights your fire, algorithm be damned.
in the age of algorithms, a question to ponder (h/t yancey strickler)
once the algorithms know you, how do you break those things? Let's say you go down the rabbit hole. How the fuck do you get out? How do you get out and reorient yourself as a different type of person? That's a very real question for me lately. I feel... See more
“The idea that we get our information as citizens through algorithms determined by the world’s largest advertising company is my definition of dystopia.”