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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    ‘Deadening rather than personal’: Algorithms are flattening art and culture

    In “Filterworld,” author Kyle Chayka examines how algorithms built into apps like Instagram, Spotify, and Netflix dictate our choices and erode our individual taste.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 14, 2024 • 1 min read

    In “Filterworld,” author Kyle Chayka examines how algorithms built into apps like Instagram, Spotify, and Netflix dictate our choices and erode our individual taste.

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    3. 24:40Oscar nominee ‘Barber of Little Rock’ exposes wealth gap in US
    4. 41:39Red velvet cake: What’s all the fuss?
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      Kyle Chayka

      staff writer for The New Yorker and author of the book “Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture”

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    In Oscar-nominated short, barber launches a bank to help close wealth gap
    1. 0:00Orange County's congressional race is getting ugly
    2. 8:51‘Deadening rather than personal’: Algorithms are flattening art and cultureYou’re reading this
    3. 24:40Oscar nominee ‘Barber of Little Rock’ exposes wealth gap in US
    4. 41:39Red velvet cake: What’s all the fuss?
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