Here’s a thought experiment for you: run through your day, start to finish, and identify everything you did, and all the decisions you made, that were in some way influenced by an algorithm.[*1] For example: When did you wake up today? Was it in response to a sunbeam hitting your pillow, or was it because an alarm tied to a sleep-tracking app on your phone decided that it was the right moment in your sleep cycle for you to get up? What clothes are you wearing right now? Did you discover those brands independently, or did you notice them in a sponsored post that showed up in a feed (and then
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