Nothing is random
Discoverability will forever be twisted in the maw of internet algorithms. Nothing is ever truly random. We are data’s significant other with a bullseye on...
Tag: algorithms
Dancing with the algorithms
We dance with the algorithms, yielding time-saving results. How else are we to discover all these gems in a sea of content? How are we...
What do we read next?
We suffer from the infinity of choice, to what type of books we’re interested in, all the way down to the format we want to...
Punching back against nihilism
The brain is stuck on hype rather than facts and figures. It devours the external stimuli of incessant feeds and 24/7 news and predictably shuns...
How algorithms destroy personal taste
Taste comes from an amalgamation of sources. It assumes that we’ve dabbled in both good and bad, and actively seek to find new things to...
ORCAA, a logo to certify organic algorithms
“The internet is a propaganda machine,” writes author Cathy O’Neil in her book Weapons of Math Destruction where she criticizes the algorithms which have come to...
Beware the algorithms
Six hundred red years ago, there was no such thing as personal identity. Only when people owned mirrors did they start seeing themselves as individuals. One...