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Cindy also had a start-up. So did Dan. Cindy’s start-up was an online marketplace for B2B software. The idea was that instead of buying the software directly from the company that made it, firms could buy it via Cindy’s outfit instead, which would take a 12% cut. What Cindy provided was a search algorithm, although the sellers could pay to rank their products higher. Since they all paid, the rankings were exactly where they’d have been if they’d all decided not to.
Numb at Burning Man
Sam Kriss
But myth springs directly from the land, and from people’s relationship with the world they inhabit – including the other-than-human world. Myth is local. To universalise it is a very risky business.
The Post-Heroic Journey
Dr Sharon Blackie
And that targeting process is shockingly good at figuring out who you are and what you are interested in. It’s targeting that makes people think their phones are listening in on their conversations; in reality, it’s more that the data trails we leave behind become road maps to our brains.
How to Fix the Internet | MIT Technology Review
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