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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
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As anyone whose favorite banana went extinct can tell you, homogeneity *works* well, but diversity *fails* well:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gros_Michel
The brittleness of algorithm-induced homogeneity is compounded by the fact that recommenders obscure the *true* preferences of people.
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2026-08-12T09:51:06.612Z