Are Algorithms Making You Boring?
January 28, 2024
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Episode 105 · January 28, 2024
Are Algorithms Making You Boring?
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Are Algorithms Making You Boring?
Summary
<p>Kyle Chayka, New Yorker staff writer and author of “Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture,” joins Offline to expose how online feeds push us into the mainstream and away from each other. He and Jon examine how machine-guided curation changes not only what we consume, but the quality of what gets made in the first place. But first! Max and Jon talk about how introverts have taken over the economy, the moment solo scrolling surpassed socializing, and how algorithm-driven streamers are recreating a worse version of cable.</p><p> </p><p>For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click <a href="https://youtu.be/CF3-PE6ntno">here</a>. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.</p>
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