A Speculative Post on the Idea of Algorithmic Authority « Clay Shirky - 1 views
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people trust new classes of aggregators and filters, whether Google or Twitter or Wikipedia
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algorithmic authority
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do I have certification from an institution that will vouch for my knowledge of Eastern Europe?
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"Algorithmic authority is the decision to regard as authoritative an unmanaged process of extracting value from diverse, untrustworthy sources, without any human standing beside the result saying "trust this because you trust me." This model of authority differs from personal or institutional authority, and has, I think, three critical characteristics. "