Would a World Without Algorithms Be Better? — With Kyle Chayka

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

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4.6 • 395 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Kyle Chayka is a New Yorker staff writer and author of FILTERWORLD: How Algorithms Flattened Culture. Chayka joins Big Technology Podcast to talk about his book — which debuts this week — and dig into whether algorithms really do make our culture flatter. In this spirited conversation, we interrogate the role of algorithms in society, ask how they reflect in the real world, and ponder how products would be redesigned to take back control. Stay tuned for the second half, where we discuss Chayka's story on people falling in love with AI bots. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected]

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0:00.0	Let's talk about how algorithms are flattening culture and whether there's a better way to solve the problem with a New Yorker writer whose new book on the subject comes out this week.
0:10.3	All that and more coming up right after this.
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0:42.8	I speak with some of the best product builders out there.
0:45.4	I've always been inspired by frustration.
0:48.0	It came back to my own personal pinpoint.
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0:53.3	Following that curiosity is a superpower.
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1:03.6	LinkedIn Presents.
1:09.0	Welcome to Big Technology Podcast, a show for cool-headed, nuanced conversation of the tech world and beyond.
1:14.8	This week, we're joined by Kyle Chaka.
1:17.4	He is a staff writer at The New Yorker covers technology and culture on the internet.
1:23.0	He's also the author of a new book called Filter World, How Algorithms Flattened Culture, Coming Out This Week. Kyle, welcome to the show.
1:30.3	Thanks for having me.
1:32.3	Thanks for being here. I've been a reader of your work for, I can't even remember, I mean,
1:36.3	must be more than a decade at this point. I've always found you to be an extremely astute
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