The only algorithm that actually gets me

🎶 Music edition! Interesting tidbits about the Beatles, Prince, Bowie, Iggy, Nina Simone, Sam Cooke, Aretha, Eno, Rubin, & Bourdain. 💬 Quoted: Naval, Sivers, Butcher, & Yom Kippur vs. cancel culture

I dunk on algorithms a lot but I need to stop and give a shoutout to the greatest algorithm I’ve ever found: Spotify’s. Discover Weekly, and the app’s recommendations in general, are so good.

After a decade of viewing, Netflix still doesn’t know crap about what I like and constantly serves up dreck that’s got nothing to do with me (see: Atypical). Meanw…