Jeff JarvisJan 16, 2024
Jeesh. They want to blame The Algorithm for everything:
The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/jan/16/the-tyranny-of-the-algorithm-why-every-coffee-shop-looks-the-same?CMP=share_btn_tw
The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same

The long read: From the generic hipster cafe to the ‘Instagram wall’, the internet has pushed us towards a kind of global ubiquity – and this phenomenon is only going to intensify

The Guardian
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"Indeed, it doth appear of late that every coffee house, whether in Philadelphia or in New Amsterdam, hath a striking resemblance unto one another."

(A young member of the intelligentsia hits her 40s and starts to notice she is part of a social class and has cultural signifiers that comfort her and can be exploited?)

Jan 16, 2024 at 1:04pmWeb
Show threadJeff JarvisJan 16, 2024
@futurebird
Well done.
Show threadMary MazzoccoJan 16, 2024
@futurebird @jeffjarvis How did fern bars become a thing before Instagram?
Show threadM.S. Bellows, Jr.Jan 16, 2024
@mazz @futurebird @jeffjarvis Malt shoppes in the Fifties all looked the same, too. I blame Instagram.
Show threadMichael BaconJan 16, 2024
@msbellows @mazz @futurebird @jeffjarvis Ah, beat me to it!
Show threadDFunkJan 16, 2024
@mazz @jeffjarvis @futurebird “Between Two Ferns?”