Mon. 11/01 - "Behind The Joy Are The Algorithms"

<p><strong><em>A meditation on streaming entertainment, algorithms, and David Foster Wallace’s prescient writing on the illusion of choice. Plus, a possible functional cure for HIV has just been approved to enter human trials. And, the Wampanoag woman who grew heirloom corn on its original land for the first time in over three centuries.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsor:</p><ul><li>Tentree, Use code KOTTKE for 15% off your first order at <a href="http://www.tentree.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.tentree.com</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://lithub.com/how-david-foster-wallace-anticipated-netflixs-digital-gatekeeping" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How David Foster Wallace Anticipated Netflix’s Digital Gatekeeping</a> (Literary Hub)</li><li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/everything-all-the-time-everywhere-how-we-became-postmodern/9781788738224" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Everything, All the Time, Everywhere: How We Became Postmodern</a> by Stuart Jeffries</li><li><a href="https://kottke.org/21/09/one-complaint-per-table" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">One Complaint Per Table</a> (Kottke.org)</li><li><a href="https://www.them.us/story/possible-functional-hiv-cure-will-begin-human-trials" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Possible “Functional Cure” for HIV Will Soon Begin Human Trials</a> (them.)</li><li><a href="https://www.phillymag.com/healthcare-news/2021/03/05/excision-biotherapeutics-temple-hiv-clinical-trial/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Excision BioTherapeutics to Proceed with HIV Clinical Trial</a> (Philadelphia Magazine)</li><li><a href="https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/hiv-aids" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">HIV/AIDS</a> (WHO)</li><li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/covid-s-global-death-toll-now-tops-5-million-n1282838" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Covid's global death toll now tops 5 million</a> (NBC News)</li><li><a href="https://boingboing.net/2021/11/