Interesting! Would the original EdgeRank be an algorithm, or is it too simple?
Hmm. I think the core thing is transparency. So if it cultivates human network intelligence, but that intelligence is opaque to the user, algorithm. Algorithms can have both machine and egregoric components.
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Interesting! Would the original EdgeRank be an algorithm, or is it too simple?
Hmm. I think the core thing is transparency. So if it cultivates human network intelligence, but that intelligence is opaque to the user, algorithm. Algorithms can have both machine and egregoric components.