Decoder Ring: Why Do So Many Coffee Shops Look the Same?
b'The eerie similarity of coffee shops all over the world was so confounding to Kyle Chayka that it led him to write the new book Filterworld: How Algorithms Are Flattening Culture. In today\\u2019s episode, Kyle\\u2019s going to walk us through the recent history of the cafe, to help us see how digital behavior is altering a physical space hundreds of years older than the internet itself, and how those changes are happening everywhere\\u2014it\\u2019s just easier to see them when they\\u2019re spelled out in latte art.\\nThis episode was written by Willa Paskin and produced by Katie Shepherd. Decoder Ring is produced by Willa Paskin, Katie Shepherd and Evan Chung. Derek John is Executive Producer. Merritt Jacob is Senior Technical Director. Special thanks to Ben Frisch and Patrick Fort.\\xa0\\nIf you haven\\u2019t yet, please subscribe and rate our feed in Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. And even better, tell your friends.\\nIf you\\u2019re a fan of the show, please sign up for Slate Plus. Members get to listen to Decoder Ring and all other Slate podcasts without any ads and have total access to Slate\\u2019s website. Your support is also crucial to our work. Go to Slate.com/decoderplus to join Slate Plus today.\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'