{"374781":{"#nid":"374781","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The Cathedral of Computation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlgorithms are everywhere, supposedly. We are living in an \u201calgorithmic culture,\u201d to use the author and communication scholar Ted Striphas\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/medium.com\/futurists-views\/algorithmic-culture-culture-now-has-two-audiences-people-and-machines-2bdaa404f643\u0022\u003Ename for it\u003C\/a\u003E. Google\u2019s search algorithms determine how we access information. Facebook\u2019s News Feed algorithms determine how we socialize. Netflix\u2019s and Amazon\u2019s collaborative filtering algorithms choose products and media for us. You hear it everywhere.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/business\/moneybox\/2011\/03\/content_yawn.html\u0022\u003E\u201cGoogle announced a change to its algorithm,\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;a journalist reports.\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kevin_slavin_how_algorithms_shape_our_world?language=en\u0022\u003E\u201cWe live in a world run by algorithms,\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;a TED talk exhorts.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2013\/jul\/01\/how-algorithms-rule-world-nsa\u0022\u003E\u201cAlgorithms rule the world,\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;a news report threatens. Another upgrades rule to dominion:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/io9.com\/the-10-algorithms-that-dominate-our-world-1580110464\u0022\u003E\u201cThe 10 Algorithms that Dominate Our World.\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28008","created_gmt":"2015-02-09 16:10:29","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:23:54","author":"Bobby Macedonia","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"JS Coon Building","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2015\/01\/the-cathedral-of-computation\/384300\/","dateline":{"date":"2015-01-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-01-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}