The Algorithm Oligarchy

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December 11, 2023

The Algorithm Oligarchy

How the Internet produced the age of monopoly platforms.

Coleen Tighe

This article appears in the December 25, 2023/January 1, 2024 issue, with the headline “The Algorithm Oligarchy.”

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Coleen Tighe

Coleen Tighe is an illustrator, writer and animator. She likes learning about the structures making up our world, and her cat.

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