Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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There's this phenomenon I call getting "target demoed" and it goes like this: instagram shows me a product that checks all the boxes of things I like, and then, well, I buy it. But what makes them so good at knowing what I want?

Thanks to Jarvis for talking to me about our robot overlords: youtube.com/jarvisjohnson
And here's that Racked article about algorithms of taste: google.com/url?q=https://www.vox.com/2018/4/17/17219166/fashion-style-algorithm-amazon-echo-look&sa=D&ust=1540090354530000&usg=AFQjCNEMWV-TzxEpZLQCAkwO-hNCzWi1mA

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