Algorithmic feeds are meant to personalise our online experiences, but increasingly they're flattening our culture and fostering a dull conformity, according to best-selling author Kyle Chayka. And the influence they exert on our lives is increasingly physical not just digital. Also, data scientist Gloria Mark who has crunched the numbers on how our attention spans have fared over the past decade or so. If you can keep focused, you might find it fascinating.Guests<a href="https://ics.uci.edu/~gmark/Home_page/Welcome.html" target="_blank">Professor Gloria Mark</a> – data scientist and psychologist, Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine<a href="https://www.kylechayka.com/" target="_blank">Kyle Chayka</a> – author and contributing writer for The New YorkerFurther informationGloria Mark - Attention Span: A Ground Breaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity Kyle Chayka – Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture

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