yennsciri 's review for:

Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka

4.0

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Good look at homogenization in culture, why it happens, and the effects of it. If you're already very familiar with this topic (as I was too) this won't have the most groundbreaking material in it. Most of what he discussed were things I had previously known, though I believe there was still valuable new information to be gleaned from the book. While reading this I found myself being far more wary and perceptive of the ways in which my different media accounts were trying to influence me while I used them.

I think this is a must read for anyone who does not know much about how social media/streamers/etc. influence your decisions and worm their way into your life in a harmful way, even if you don't view them as harmful.