Algorithms create a dull conformity — off and online
Algorithmic feeds are meant to personalise our online experiences, but increasingly they're flattening our culture and fostering a dull conformity, according to best-selling author Kyle Chayka. And the influence they exert on our lives is increasingly physical not just digital. Also, data scientist Gloria Mark who has crunched the numbers on how our attention spans have fared over the past decade or so. If you can keep focused, you might find it fascinating. Guests Professor Gloria Mark – data scientist and psychologist, Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine Kyle Chayka – author and contributing writer for The New Yorker Further information Gloria Mark - Attention Span: A Ground Breaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity Kyle Chayka – Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
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Show Notes
Algorithmic feeds are meant to personalise our online experiences, but increasingly they're flattening our culture and fostering a dull conformity, according to best-selling author Kyle Chayka. And the influence they exert on our lives is increasingly physical not just digital. Also, data scientist Gloria Mark who has crunched the numbers on how our attention spans have fared over the past decade or so. If you can keep focused, you might find it fascinating.
Guests
Professor Gloria Mark – data scientist and psychologist, Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine
Kyle Chayka – author and contributing writer for The New Yorker
Further information
Gloria Mark - Attention Span: A Ground Breaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity
Kyle Chayka – Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture