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The Algorithm of Lady Brett Ashley

By On April 19, 2012

Conventional wisdom says there’s no accounting for taste, though a great deal of money has certainly been invested in trying to do exactly that.  Whether it be Amazon’s array of “Customers who viewed this also viewed” predictors or the more dramatic approach that Netflix took in offering a million dollar prize, such projects often end poorly.  There is little correlation in people’s hedonism.  Pleasure—genuine, soul-quenching pleasure—is ineffable.

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