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Tact Comeny's avatar

One key is to be aware of and intentional about where the algorithms can add value to you and where they don't. If you're intentionally learning a specific skill (say, baking or playing the piano), YouTube serving you up more and more videos from different sources on that topic can be incredibly valuable. The same is true if you're going deep trying to learn about a specific concept. Both of those cases could be considered instrumental. Even in those cases, there are probably diminishing returns to the algorithms at some point. But when you're you're in the realm of "news," opinion, commentary, etc. (which is most of what most people consume online), that's a different animal.

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Admired Leadership's avatar

How frequently might you be curating and weeding out your own social feeds?

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