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Yet that vision of smallness is under the auspices and control of Airbnb, following the template the company has set and the conditions that it profits under. Smallness implies homogeneity and a move toward uniformity, most likely under a Western default, under the ideology of the tech industry. The trade-off that Chesky implied was that the more m
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Airbnb as a company is aware of its flattening effects.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Bookshop, a new startup, is offering publications bigger kickbacks than Amazon (and the thrill of battling Bezos)
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“Algorithms are replacing the fundamentally human—or at least, the less digitally mediated—process
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
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Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
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Rachel Botsman • What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption
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George Packer in 2014, in a New Yorker piece detailing Amazon’s takeover of the book industry. With this data,
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Perfectly Imperfect and the Growing Currency of the Personal Recommendation
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