Taste is increasingly dictated by algorithms

Re:Taste is increasingly dictated by algorithms by AndrewKemendo on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @10:50PM (#16864233)

identity is tied to society, unless we are to become reclusive hermits

Ah, but the reclusive hermit is a response to the society - an active rejection - such that the hermit is one of the lifestyles most consumed with society's affects!

Similarly the "hipster" has a finely refined vane on popular culture. Calling a hermit/hipster disconnected from society It's like calling an antihistamine disconnected from pollen.

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Re:Taste is increasingly dictated by algorithms by mc32 on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @11:04PM (#16864289)

To me the hermit is different because the hermit is not looking for approval at all --the hermit is only looking to be by themselves and be of themselves.

They don't care if they are admired, rejected, remembered or forgotten.

Sadly even when they just want to be forgotten, Journalists looking for a story to tell hunt them down, sometimes[1]. Some people just want to be outside of it all.

[1]https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/03/homeles...

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Re:Taste is increasingly dictated by algorithms by goatlover on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @11:50PM (#16864468)

If you leave society altogether, you’re not part of it any longer.

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