Influence of Algorithms Update 2

It’s been a week or so since I started this series. If you could call it that. And that MP3 player finally came in yesterday. I also bought a point it and shoot camera. The MP3 Player Honestly, this thing is tiny. Smaller than I expected. And super light. There’s probably nothing in it except for maybe like a circuit board and the battery, The operating system is super basic. It is not the most polished thing in the world by any means, but it gets the job done. It plays music, and I mean, that’s all you really should be asking of a mp3 player. No frills, just does the one thing it was designed to do. I remember someone saying something like that in the reviews, and I feel like it really stuck with me when I started using this player. ...

July 6, 2025 · 2 min

Influence of Algorithms

Intro Recently, I’ve been trying to remove algorithms From my life. Well, the ones that cause an addictive downward spiral So the corporations can show me more ads. In recent years, the corporate world has moved towards infinite growth and appealing to shareholders instead of customers. This concept is referred to as Enshittification*. My hope is to remove many of these algorithms from my life as much as I can. So I can control what media I consume, not what Corporations want me to consume. ...

June 28, 2025 · 4 min