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Big tech is transforming every aspect of our world. But how, and at what cost? This season of Land of the Giants – The Disney Dilemma – focuses on Disney’s ability to weather the ups and downs of the business cycle and changing tastes and explores what has kept it successful for over 100 years. The entertainment giant has leveraged nostalgia and its intellectual property to build a beloved brand, but after an acquisition spree that included Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 20th Century Fox, can it sus ...
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This week we hosted Kyle Chayka, author of Filterworld. We dive into his key findings on how algorithms flatten culture, impact the crypto industry and more.
Timeline:
00:00 Introduction and Background
03:47 Writing Filterworld
05:55 Stuck Culture: The Rise of Mainstream Social Internet
08:00 Understanding How Algorithms Work
11:35 Different Flavours of Algorithms
14:47 Flattening
16:20 TikTok’s Optimized Algorithm
21:45 The Homogenization of Culture
22:40 Taste or Algorithmic Recommendations?
24:37 Platform-Based Cultures
30:45 Ineffable Taste vs Data-driven Recommendations
34:00 Sandcastle Platforms & Non-Algo Platforms
36:17 Better Regulation for Social Networks
45:00 AI Further Flattening Culture and Creativity
53:13 Balancing Novelty and Taste in Content Consumption
56:35 Post-Game Show
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