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Who’s Driving the Algorithm? Humor Highwire’s Internet Showdown
Humor Highwire: Smart Laughs, Dumb Debates, and Everything in Between
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Summary:
Humor Highwire’s Devil’s Advocate series returns as IanCK moderates a chaotic philosophical throwdown: is the Internet’s algorithmic design robbing us of choice—or are we just bad drivers behind the wheel? Expect coin-flip conspiracies, sandwich metaphors, and sharp jabs at online echo chambers.
Key Takeaways:
Algorithmic design fuels confirmation bias.
True control requires awareness + intentionality.
“Control” means nothing without direction.
Digital literacy gaps shape who can really steer their feeds.
Even comedy debates reveal how deeply algorithms affect discourse.
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