“We’re not living in an algorithmic culture so much as a computational theocracy.
Here’s an exercise: The next time you hear someone talking about algorithms, replace the term with “God” and ask yourself if the meaning changes. Our supposedly algorithmic culture is not a material phenomenon so much as a devotional one, a supplication made to the computers people have allowed to replace gods in their minds, even as they simultaneously claim that science has made us impervious to religion.”
Gratitude for the free access to the article at this site:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/01/the-cathedral-of-computation/384300/
