Propagator

The concept of personal relevance needs to be challenged and perhaps more importantly, the path-dependency of these filter algorithms needs to account for the ‘true preference’ of people. In any case, no one is going to know, and the profit-maximization rule of thumb here doesn’t work that well for social benefit maximization. Eli proposes no solutions but an appeal for the media companies to stay in line with the principles of ‘importance’, ‘other viewpoints’, etc.