In our modern culture, the algorithm rewards outrage instead of connection — Leonard J. DeLorenzo - The Dialog

In our modern culture, the algorithm rewards outrage instead of connection — Leonard J. DeLorenzo - The Dialog

By Leonard J. DeLorenzo, OSV News We live in an age that prizes efficiency above almost everything else. Tap your phone and a car arrives. Click a button and groceries appear. Swipe right and … well, that’s supposed to be connection, isn’t it? Except it’s not. What we’ve gained in convenience we’re losing in something harder to quantify: actual human closeness. Josef Pieper saw this coming. Writing decades before smartphones existed, the German …