This is the age of the algorithm.... a time when all around us are devices that live to predict what we want from our day to day perusing.
When we have reached a time in the world that there is more information freely and readily available than ever before and a serious attempt is being made to help serve us information that we want. time to call in the robots. as the world draws us closer to eachother by communication, we are experiencing our 'nearest neighbours' in as far reaches as over the hills and far away. we have never been more judged before than we are now. The 'tivo thinks im gay' (http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB1038261936872356908.html) story helps us understand some of the inherent complications arising from this autonomous beast. Are we entering into yet another era of social constraints where we are judged not by the wishes of our heart but by the content of our cookies?
