> There were no recommendation engines of course so I went through everything, itching to consume experiences left behind by humanity. Sounds like an addiction, right? Well, it kinda was.

Well, there kind of were. I doubt you would end up reading The Hobbit, The Three Musketeers and Sherlock Holmes purely by accident. The idea that the best content bubbling to the top of the popular consciousness is merely a product of modern ML recommendation engines is for the birds.