Algorithmic Self

Our algorithmic mirrors are everywhere. Surveillance capitalism meticulously tracks our behavior to create virtual replicas of us. We create our own digital doppelgängers as well, every time we post something online. We’re surrounded by bots, trolls, and alter egos posting otherwise unspeakable beliefs under the protection of anonymity every time we enter the digital universe. Every time we go online, we enter a hall of mirrors, an endlessly refractive simulation of reality, and our reflections change based on the digital surfaces we look into. What should we make of all these algorithmic reflections of reality?