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The book was presented as a new work that examines how algorithms shape and flatten culture, influencing everything from music and news to food and fashion; it was highlighted as an insightful critique of algorithmic curation.
Writer Kyle Chayka has been thinking about this for several years. In his new book Filter World How Algorithms Flatten Culture he explores how we are fed algorithmic recommendations that dictate the m...
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The book was presented as a new work that examines how algorithms shape and flatten culture, influencing everything from music and news to food and fashion; it was highlighted as an insightful critique of algorithmic curation.
Writer Kyle Chayka has been thinking about this for several years. In his new book Filter World How Algorithms Flatten Culture he explores how we are fed algorithmic recommendations that dictate the music we like, how we interpret the news, what movies we consume even what foods we eat, clothes we wear the language we use and the places we go.
He's a staff writer for The New Yorker covering technology and culture on the internet. His new book is Filter World, how algorithms flattened culture.
Kyle Chayka, thank you so much for this conversation in your book.