EP22 - The Ghost in the Machine: How Recommendation Algorithms Curate Your Life

First Principles
17/10/2025 31 min

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Episode Synopsis

Your phone seems to know you better than you know yourself, suggesting the perfect movie or the next viral video. We treat it like magic, but what if it's just a clever trick of pattern-matching? This episode opens the black box of recommendation algorithms to reveal the simple, powerful principles that are quietly shaping your world.

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