Are Algorithms Making You Boring? | Crooked Media
25% OFF NEW ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS—Join Friends of the Pod Today! 25% OFF NEW ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS—Join Friends of the Pod Today!
January 28, 2024
Offline with Jon Favreau
Are Algorithms Making You Boring?

In This Episode

Kyle Chayka, New Yorker staff writer and author of “Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture,” joins Offline to expose how online feeds push us into the mainstream and away from each other. He and Jon examine how machine-guided curation changes not only what we consume, but the quality of what gets made in the first place. But first! Max and Jon talk about how introverts have taken over the economy, the moment solo scrolling surpassed socializing, and how algorithm-driven streamers are recreating a worse version of cable.

 

For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.