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Algorithms are breaking how we think

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What it is

A Technology Connections video essay arguing that algorithmic feeds make people passive about finding content, leading to complacency in how they seek information. It urges people to actively choose what they consume.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as a strong exposition of algorithmic complacency and of the case for active information seeking.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2025, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “Alec Watons over at Technology Connections has a much better argument for this than I could ever hope to muster”

    Technology Connections makes a better argument for the blinking cursor.

    lisper, 2025-02 · Recommendation · in “AI's Biggest Flaw? The Blinking Cursor Problem”

  2. “Technology connections recently made a really good exposition of that issue”

    A really good exposition on being active in information seeking.

    sergioisidoro, 2025-03 · Recommendation · in “The Lost Art of Research as Leisure”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: algorithms, recommendation feeds, complacency, media consumption, social media

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