http://www.thelateageofprint.org/2009/04/27/amazonfail-and-algorithmic-culture/ Beyond the Book Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:16:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.thelateageofprint.org/2009/04/27/amazonfail-and-algorithmic-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-637 Amazon Goes All 1984 on Kindle Owners — The Late Age of Print Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:35:08 +0000 http://www.thelateageofprint.org/?p=255#comment-637 [...] What that means, then, is that Amazon does not subscribe to the liberal sensibilities with which book culture has long been associated.  In other words, it holds little regard for the sanctity of property (other than its own), privacy, or free expression.  For Amazon these are values only insofar as they can contribute to the company’s value stream.  When they don’t, or when they prove too costly, those values are dispensed with algorithmically. [...] [...] What that means, then, is that Amazon does not subscribe to the liberal sensibilities with which book culture has long been associated.  In other words, it holds little regard for the sanctity of property (other than its own), privacy, or free expression.  For Amazon these are values only insofar as they can contribute to the company’s value stream.  When they don’t, or when they prove too costly, those values are dispensed with algorithmically. [...]

]]> http://www.thelateageofprint.org/2009/04/27/amazonfail-and-algorithmic-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-100 The Daily Square - Army Arrangement Edition | Booksquare Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:30:39 +0000 http://www.thelateageofprint.org/?p=255#comment-100 [...] Amazonfail and Algorithmic CultureThoughts on relying upon algorithms as part of the decision-making process. [...] [...] Amazonfail and Algorithmic CultureThoughts on relying upon algorithms as part of the decision-making process. [...]

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