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The Algorithm: From Ancient Logic to the Code Behind Your Feed

Andrew Falkner

Master digital literacy and tech ethics by tracing the eye-opening history of the algorithms shaping your daily life. Whether you are passively scrolling feeds during a morning commute or actively seeking to conquer digital distractions, this...

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Opening Credits

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Chapter 1: The Day You Met An Algorithm Without Knowing It

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Chapter 2: Counting, Rules, and Reason: Ancient Roots of Algorithms

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Chapter 3: From Recipes to Rules: The Birth of Formal Procedures

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Chapter 4: Gears That Think: Mechanical Computation and Its Limits

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Chapter 5: Imaginary Machines: The Birth of Computer Science

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Chapter 6: Taming Information: Sorting, Searching, and Complexity

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Chapter 7: From Data to Decisions: Ranking, Recommendations, and Rules

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Chapter 8: When Algorithms Learn: The Intuition Behind Machine Learning

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Chapter 9: Inside the Feed: How Platforms Decide What You See

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Chapter 10: Living With Algorithms: Bias, Power, and Digital Agency

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Closing Credits

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