#319 - The Digital Multiverse
Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content
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The Importance of Feedback in Algorithms
Virality is my V word for feedback. And by feedback, I simply mean that before you have had time to look at the result of a system, the system has already incorporated the last iteration of its state into its next state. In other words, it's like you're never walking into the same river twice. We tend to think of algorithms as fixed things we can tweak or twist a gear on. But actually, our interactions constantly shape those algorithms and change their weight.
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