In today's episode, Mina embraces Meg Ryan Fall™, asks the question "do the rats run this city?" (yes they do), her algorithm-induced David Byrne fixation, why review systems are no good (especially Rotten Tomatoes), what it means to be a "content creator" (barf?????), and online friendship etiquette.

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Reading/sources list:

New York's Rats Have Already Won - The Atlantic

The Mongolia cashmere quote I mentioned is actually from this New Yorker article from 1999: The Crisis in Cashmere | The New Yorker 

Talking Heads on the Return of ‘Stop Making Sense’ - The New York Times

The Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes  

Emma Thompson Is Right: The Word ‘Content’ Is Rude - The New York Times

The New Rules Of Friendship Online

Group-Chat Culture Is Out of Control - The Atlantic

Milk Experiment    

Re: Google search engine results, the Wired article I read and got information from has been taken down since recording: A Note From WIRED Leadership 

Here’s another article regarding Google interference - not sure if they do exactly what Wired first reported on, but still sounds bad whatever they’re doing: How Google Interferes With Its Search Algorithms and Changes Your Results - WSJ