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Are You There God? It's Me, The Algorithm. by Will Allstetter

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I stare blankly into my selfie camera while a recording of a sounding bowl plays. The audio clips weakly through my broken speakers, so it seems unlikely that the supposed healing frequencies are “unblocking my root chakra and allowing for financial prosperity to flow.” Regardless, a TikToker has somewhat convinced me that filming myself will help pay my rent, whereas skipping this opportunity will result in a generalized, unspecified disaster. After, the algorithm serves up another similarly premised proposition. Then again. And again, until it decides my ideal scrolling experience is dominated by videos telling me to put my faith, future, and well-being into recording myself to a roster of short, reverbed-out audios.

Are You There God? It's Me, The Algorithm. by Will Allstetter } Are You There God? It's Me, The Algorithm. Will Allstetter Acknowledgement Thanks to Frank Carber for being willing to bounce ideas off of and so graciously sharing yours. I stare blankly into my selfie camera while a recording of a sounding bowl plays. The audio clips weakly through my broken speakers, so it seems unlikely that the supposed healing frequencies are "unblocking my root chakra and allowing for financial prosperity to flow." Regardless, a TikToker has somewhat convinced me that filming myself will help pay my rent, w

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