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Kyle Chayka examined how algorithmic recommendations shape our cultural tastes, arguing that they flatten and homogenize our preferences. The book was highlighted throughout the interview as his latest nonfiction work.
Writer Kyle Chayka has been thinking about this for several years. In his new book Filter World, How Algorithms Flattened Culture, he writes about how we are fed algorithmic recommendations that dicta...
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Episode: How Algorithms 'Flatten' Culture
Kyle Chayka examined how algorithmic recommendations shape our cultural tastes, arguing that they flatten and homogenize our preferences. The book was highlighted throughout the interview as his latest nonfiction work.
Writer Kyle Chayka has been thinking about this for several years. In his new book Filter World, How Algorithms Flattened Culture, he writes about how we are fed algorithmic recommendations that dictate what 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.
Our guest today is journalist Kyle Chayka. He's a staff writer for The New Yorker and has written a new book called Filter World, How Algorithms Flattened Culture, which explores the impact of algorithmic technology on the ways we live.
Kyle Chayka, thank you so much for this conversation in your book. It was a great discussion. Kyle Chayka is a staff writer for The New Yorker covering technology and culture on the internet. His new book is Filter World, How Algorithms Flatten Culture.