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Can monoculture survive the algorithm?

39 mins | Nov 23, 2020
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Why we may feel adrift as streaming consumers, and what it does to society in general. Monoculture "is used to describe a monolithic culture: the range of artefacts, characters, voices, and stories that a specific demographic find recognisable and relatable." But, as Kyle Chayka explains in Vox, our obsession with it brings about two genuine concerns.

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