---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: N E <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 2:27 PM Subject: Fwd - Joe Brewer on Medium: The Most Powerful Algorithm in the World (hint: not Facebook's) To: Joe <[email protected]> Hi Joe, Thanks for publishing your Medium essay reminding us that algorithms, as pervasive as they are now, predate the digital world and have had consequential ripple effects. I'm bcc'ing the essay link to others. Perhaps the original underlying adverse human algorithm is the concept of the 'zero sum game' positing that one tribe must win at the expense of another tribe (1-1=0) ? IMHO this win/lose thinking, though rooted in primal natural scarcity, had the effect of being amplified to justify colonialism and expropriation, setting the pattern for many societies even today. Regards, - Nurul Eusufzai, Chicago, IL ======== The Most Powerful Algorithm in the World by Joe Brewer " But there are more powerful algorithms to be reckoned with. I will share three… two that are created by humans and one that will be the ultimate arbiter of outcomes in the future..." https://medium.com/@joe_brewer/the-most- <https://medium.com/@joe_brewer/the-most-powerful-algorithm-in-the-world-9ec7e6494a1d#.rgbyyxa1f> powerful- <https://medium.com/@joe_brewer/the-most-powerful-algorithm-in-the-world-9ec7e6494a1d#.rgbyyxa1f> algorithm- <https://medium.com/@joe_brewer/the-most-powerful-algorithm-in-the-world-9ec7e6494a1d#.rgbyyxa1f> in- <https://medium.com/@joe_brewer/the-most-powerful-algorithm-in-the-world-9ec7e6494a1d#.rgbyyxa1f> the- <https://medium.com/@joe_brewer/the-most-powerful-algorithm-in-the-world-9ec7e6494a1d#.rgbyyxa1f> world-9ec7e6494a1d#. <https://medium.com/@joe_brewer/the-most-powerful-algorithm-in-the-world-9ec7e6494a1d#.rgbyyxa1f> rgbyyxa1f <https://medium.com/@joe_brewer/the-most-powerful-algorithm-in-the-world-9ec7e6494a1d#.rgbyyxa1f> -- PS -- For whatever it's worth, Guardian piece by @CaroleCadwalla (Note professor Albright's eye-popping 'spatial map of the rightwing fake news ecosystem' - a type of culture design in its own way) "Tech-savvy rightwingers have been able to ‘game’ the algorithms of internet giants and create a new reality" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/04/ <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/04/google-democracy-truth-internet-search-facebook> google-democracy-truth-internet-search-facebook <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/04/google-democracy-truth-internet-search-facebook> https://mobile.twitter.com/d1gi?p=s -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/