FILTERWORLD: How Algorithms Flattened Culture, by Kyle ChaykaThis dispatch began from an uptown location of Dig (formerly Dig Inn), a small chain of “fast casual” restaurants headquartered in New York City.
The walls are white-painted brick, the tables are marble and the cardboard bowls are packed with colorful, healthy foodstuffs.
Only the insipid pop music that blares through the speakers discourages lingering.
Dig’s food, our “feeds”; their appetizers, our apps — they are all of a piece.
Chayka has visited a lot of establishments with a similar aesthetic, which he has dubbed AirSpace, like a Nike sneaker, for its geographically neutral comfort.
Persons:
Kyle Chayka, Kyle Chayka’s, “, ”, I’d, Chayka
Organizations:
Nike
Locations:
New York City, Kyoto