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According to Ted Gioia, a music journalist I trust, we are on the verge of the beginning of an apocalypse. The man has often been right, and he need only point to the people at the top of Big Tech themselves. These men (it’s always those men) have built algorithms in their enormous data centres that they no longer have under their own control. It’s like a rodeo where you can impress by spending two seconds longer than your opponent on the back of a raging bull. And then sending that bull charging into the stands.

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Wijbrand Schaap

Cultural journalist since 1996. Worked as theatre critic, columnist and reporter for Algemeen Dagblad, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, Rotterdams Dagblad, Parool and regional newspapers through Associated Press Services. Interviews for TheaterMaker, Theatererkrant Magazine, Ons Erfdeel, Boekman. Podcast maker, likes to experiment with new media. Culture Press is called the brainchild I gave birth to in 2009.
Life partner of Suzanne Brink roommate of Edje, Fonzie and Rufus. Search and find me on Mastodon.

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