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The outcome of such algorithmic gatekeeping is the pervasive flattening that has been happening across culture. By flatness I mean homogenization but also a reduction into simplicity: the least ambiguous, least disruptive, and perhaps least meaningful pieces of culture are promoted the most. Flatness is the lowest common denominator, an averageness
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It’s been endlessly argued that algorithms influence too much of what we watch, listen to, read, and even think. Personal taste erodes while decision-making is outsourced to the platform.
Beware the Curators
describing how algorithmic recommendations and other digital communication routes can silo Internet users into encountering only…
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Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
The city becomes a backdrop to the omniscient screen, falling into the space of flows. Geographical differences give way to digital similarities, which can sometimes be very inconvenient when too many people are following the same algorithmic pathways.