754 reviews for:

Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture

Kyle Chayka

3.79 AVERAGE

pastelv's review against another edition

3.75

informative slow-paced

mishnah's review against another edition

1.5

informative medium-paced

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falls into its own trap

lizerate's review against another edition

2.75

informative slow-paced

vycee's review against another edition

4.25

informative reflective slow-paced

mayamere's review against another edition

3.0

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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I've previously been a huge fan of Chayka and loved The Longing for Less, but I found the argument of Filterworld stale and lacking the insightfulness I've come to expect in his work. I also found it disappointing that in arguing for human curation over algorithmic recommendations, he downplayed the role and downsides of elites controlling culture to the point of nearly ignoring these factors.

scomer19's review against another edition

5.0

challenging informative medium-paced

eachuisce72's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

davereadsstuff's review against another edition

4.5

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

cassiopeia_corvus38's review against another edition

5.0

informative reflective medium-paced

bitkingdt's review against another edition

4.0

challenging funny informative reflective fast-paced