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A review by aqua_moon
Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka
informative
reflective
medium-paced
2.75
Who determines taste anyway?
There’s a lot of consider in terms of algorithms and their impact on culture, but the argument felt a little one-sided and half-hearted. I would have liked a more thoughtful exploration of how culture is determined and created, and what counts as having “taste,” and THEN discussing the impact of algorithms and how that’s changed. His subjective experiences don’t feel convincing enough of his argument, just that things feel different now.
I actually do agree with a lot of what the author is trying to say, but didn’t feel like he took a holistic enough view of what’s going on culturally to fully prove his point.
There’s a lot of consider in terms of algorithms and their impact on culture, but the argument felt a little one-sided and half-hearted. I would have liked a more thoughtful exploration of how culture is determined and created, and what counts as having “taste,” and THEN discussing the impact of algorithms and how that’s changed. His subjective experiences don’t feel convincing enough of his argument, just that things feel different now.
I actually do agree with a lot of what the author is trying to say, but didn’t feel like he took a holistic enough view of what’s going on culturally to fully prove his point.