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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
brain too sad to consume more reminders of dystopia
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
I talk about this NONSTOP to anyone who will listen. Has changed my mindset, habits, and relationship with technology
challenging
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
The throughline of Filterworld is sound, but unfortunately, there's too many detours and too much noise to make it a really good read.
Filterworld has a vast scope, and Chayka is trying to do a lot: describe, report and argue. He also narrates his own experiences and relationships within the "Filterworld," a slightly contrived phrase for the ubiquitous online algorithms through which we now see the world darkly. While the book is well structured, the myriad lenses (analyst, first-person narrator, philosopher, art historian, music afficionado, TV critic, journalist) feel haphazard and extend the book.
And with a scope like this - the effect of the algorithm(s) on culture - the book should be as tight as possible. Still worth considering for the call back to human curation - and care.
Filterworld has a vast scope, and Chayka is trying to do a lot: describe, report and argue. He also narrates his own experiences and relationships within the "Filterworld," a slightly contrived phrase for the ubiquitous online algorithms through which we now see the world darkly. While the book is well structured, the myriad lenses (analyst, first-person narrator, philosopher, art historian, music afficionado, TV critic, journalist) feel haphazard and extend the book.
And with a scope like this - the effect of the algorithm(s) on culture - the book should be as tight as possible. Still worth considering for the call back to human curation - and care.
informative
medium-paced
While Chayka impressively traces the history of algorithms to today’s tech-mediated landscape, I was left craving more critical analysis on the flattening of culture in the context of media production and marketing.
5/5
I was pretty hyped for this book since its release last year and it definitely surpasses my expectations. "Filterworld" goes through the history of algorithms, culture, personal taste and curation, and how algorithms are making culture more boring, less personal, and more nondescriptive. Kyle Chayka does a great job explaining how we've come to this point of the inescapable, inhuman algorithmic impact on culture and how we as users make decisions and interactions with the world through both his own experiences and in historical context. The book's topics, especially when writing about the importance in music and art's curation, discovery, and archival process, I find fascinating and hugely important when it comes to expanding user's minds, diving into context and cultural history, as well as actually finding your own taste from humans rather than the algorithm giving it to you. It's also interesting to read about Chayka's personal takes and experiences as well as his algorithmic cleanse that he did for three months and what came out of it. This book is essential for any reader, aware or not of this cultural flattening. It's an extremely important and vital issue to be aware and worried about, especially how dividing, boring, dangerous, and dull social media has become and is yet another reason why I revoltingly hate and avoid using it at all costs.
I was pretty hyped for this book since its release last year and it definitely surpasses my expectations. "Filterworld" goes through the history of algorithms, culture, personal taste and curation, and how algorithms are making culture more boring, less personal, and more nondescriptive. Kyle Chayka does a great job explaining how we've come to this point of the inescapable, inhuman algorithmic impact on culture and how we as users make decisions and interactions with the world through both his own experiences and in historical context. The book's topics, especially when writing about the importance in music and art's curation, discovery, and archival process, I find fascinating and hugely important when it comes to expanding user's minds, diving into context and cultural history, as well as actually finding your own taste from humans rather than the algorithm giving it to you. It's also interesting to read about Chayka's personal takes and experiences as well as his algorithmic cleanse that he did for three months and what came out of it. This book is essential for any reader, aware or not of this cultural flattening. It's an extremely important and vital issue to be aware and worried about, especially how dividing, boring, dangerous, and dull social media has become and is yet another reason why I revoltingly hate and avoid using it at all costs.
informative
medium-paced
informative
medium-paced
informative
medium-paced