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Kyle Chayka on 'Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture'

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Author Kyle Chayka talked with WPR's "BETA" about his book, "Filterworld: How Alogrithms Flattened Culture," in which he explains how algorithms create generic coffee shops, shape Icelandic tourism and curate the music we listen to. The post Kyle Chayka on ‘Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture’ appeared first on WPR.

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What We’re Losing in a World Run by Algorithms

Camus wrote, “A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers.” Christine Rosen, author of The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World (2024), updates Camus this way: “He fornicated and checked his phone.” But actually, if Rosen is correct, she should have gone one step further in her revision: “(Post)Modern man rarely fornicated, but instead used his phone to look at porn.” We’re experiencin…

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