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A review by audhdylan
Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Heard about this book and watched an interview with the author, Kyle Chayka, on Factually! with Adam Conover.
Definitely a "makes you think" type of read when it comes to the horrors (and triumphs) of the modern media/social media landscape, algorithms, curation, AI, and some unexpected sources of "filtering" like radio DJs or how Instagram greatly influenced the now ubiquitous gentrified coffeeshop aesthetic.
Worth checking out, especially if you're willing to accept the recency of the topic, your complicity in cultural homogeneity, and how you respond to knowing what you learn.
Definitely a "makes you think" type of read when it comes to the horrors (and triumphs) of the modern media/social media landscape, algorithms, curation, AI, and some unexpected sources of "filtering" like radio DJs or how Instagram greatly influenced the now ubiquitous gentrified coffeeshop aesthetic.
Worth checking out, especially if you're willing to accept the recency of the topic, your complicity in cultural homogeneity, and how you respond to knowing what you learn.