How the Internet Reads Your Mind: The Secret Algorithms That Know You Better Than You Know Yourself
Ever noticed how Spotify always has just the right song for your mood? Or how Netflix seems to know what show you’ll binge next? Maybe you’ve scrolled Instagram, only to see an ad for those shoes you mentioned to a friend yesterday. It’s like the internet can read your mind. But how does it happen? No, it’s not magic (or at least not exactly). It’s all thanks to algorithms—complex instructions that analyze your behavior to guess what you want, need, or might click on next....