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The Algorithm
The algorithm will tell you who is a threat or a risk.
Who to hire. Who to fire.
Who is in debt.
Who has lived well.
But the algorithm can never tell you about life.
The algorithm will never tell you about the person who held his dying grandfather’s hand while he was on his death bed.
The algorithm will never share information about the time the person got up from her seat to let a disabled woman sit on the train, nor will it tell you about the person who yelled on a crowded train for another person to get up from their seat so an elderly lady with a cane can sit down.
The algorithm doesn’t care about that.
It only cares about risk.
Ones, Zeros. Formulas.
It weeds out the risk-takers and magnetizes people who don’t take risks.
It distills everything down into a bland mix.
It minimizes risk and maximizes stupidity.
It factors out all outliers and people who live a heart-centered lifestyle.
The algorithm whitewashes the world leaving monotony on the page for every CEO to eat.
