Jaron Lanier: Fear of an Algorithmic Planet
Decoding the Gurus
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Is Twitter a Game of Pelling?
There is an aspect in which things like twitter are a game, yes. And it's an interesting game and an intriguing game because there are stakes at play. But the russian roulette of who's going to be the main character of the internet being dunked on isn't really a feature that invites engagement. You might get these incrumental gains, but it's lik snakes and ladders, right? So you see it in these twitter dynamics where people are like ichoros trito, fly as close to the sun as they can with the hottest, most outrageous takes. If they go a little bit too far, then the tables could turn. Sometimes yo say something you
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