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[quote=Anonymous]A recent article about this phenomenon as applied to coffee shops: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/jan/16/the-tyranny-of-the-algorithm-why-every-coffee-shop-looks-the-same It's an excerpt from a book about how algorithms "flatten" culture as people and businesses seek to adopt the aesthetic, tastes, verbage that will optimize algorithm results. A while back I also read an interesting piece about how platforms like Facebook and Instagram "flatten" the Internet itself, as people and businesses just use the platforms and adopt it's internal aesthetics and customs rather than create their own websites. We are living in a culture of sameness, driven by what people see on reality TV, what is most likely to hit the top of a feed, what garners the most likes and comments. It's deadening.[/quote]
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