The Dictatorship of Algorithms and the 'Ethics of Difference'

1. This column argues that algorithms show only similar thoughts, reducing the diversity of people's perception and thinking.
2. Comparing it to the forced conformity of Hitler and Stalin, the writer argues that today's society imposes uniformity of taste in the name of 'recommendation' and 'optimization'.
3. It stresses the need to recover an 'ethics of sensibility' that tolerates difference rather than merely reforming technology, and calls for the courage to listen to stories that differ from our own all the way through.

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