«I imagine a future in which our clothes, music, film, art, books come with stickers like organic farmstand produce: Algorithm Free.» (full disclosure: as I’m writing this, I’m listening to music Spotify thinks I’ll like)

From Weekly Filet #272, in May 2018.

Style Is an Algorithm

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Black Mirror, Seasons 2

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90 Percent of Everything

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