> I don't like the whole algorithmically-driven race to the bottom... Yup. The consumer's challenge is finding what they want (or need). Is it ironic that a

> I don't like the whole algorithmically-driven race to the bottom... Yup. The consumer's challenge is finding what they want (or need). Is it ironic that a search company mostly uses recommenders? Why not better search? Why not better foraging and browsing? -- Sole reliance on algorithmic recommenders, automated hate machines, has resulted in multiple negative outcomes. Existential threat to democracy, spike in teen suicides, accelerant for self radicalization, death of independent journalism, dominance of conspiratorial thinking, loss of public discourse, and probably a few more. I'm sure search, foraging, and browsing strategies also have downsides. But I can't imagine how the outcomes could be worse.