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Hank Green • Letting Users Decide Who Gets Paid
His name is Tristan Harris, a former start-up founder and Google engineer who deviated from his well-worn path through the world of tech to become something decidedly rarer in this closed world: a whistleblower.
“This thing is a slot machine,” Harris says early in the interview while holding up his smartphone.
“How is that a slot machine?” Cooper ask
... See moreCal Newport; • Digital Minimalism
THE SCI-FI GURU WHO PREDICTED GOOGLE EARTH EXPLAINS SILICON VALLEY’S LATEST OBSESSION
Joanna Robinsonvanityfair.comdescribing how algorithmic recommendations and other digital communication routes can silo Internet users into encountering only…
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Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
“inside of Facebook’s servers, inside of Google’s servers, there is a little voodoo doll, [and it is] a model of you.
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
if you want to find emerging and under-rated ideas, stop using algorithms.
These ideas are hidden and obscure. They’re the opposite of viral. Instead of relying on algorithms to find them, identify your favorite people and follow the people who influenced them.
David Perell • Algorithmic Blindspots - David Perell
Our digital systems generate noise and there's little the algorithms can do a... See more