Cities and how the algorithmic timeline kills innovation(markessien.com)
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Cities and how the algorithmic timeline kills innovation
https://markessien.com/posts/the-city-and-the-algorithmic-timeline/
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If we could stratify the app, we could observe whether different shards have their own "personality" or culture, or how "immigration" is affected by influencers (or not).
What was once a load-balancing scheme for performance becomes a way to observe common algorithms across different contexts.
You'd have to somehow segment links though. A link takes you back out to the Internet, so we may find homogenization or flattening as the same links are shared among shards.
One solution is only in-app links work, and only within the shard.
Basically, any features to enforce "physical separation" that enables cities to grow "on their own."