Life by Algorithms: When Automation Replaces Judgment — Algorithmic Bureaucracy

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

This episode explores Life by Algorithms, edited by Catherine Besteman and Hugh Gusterson, as a systems-level analysis of algorithmic bureaucracy.

The discussion examines:

• incentive structures

• institutional persistence

• feedback loops

• hidden system dynamics

• structural outcomes

• automated governance

• surveillance and behavioral data extraction

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