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The other night, my daughter presented her holiday gift list. Then she clicked over to some of the gift lists created by several of her friends using the same gift list site and featuring a heavy overlap of gifts. This didn’t come as much of a surprise. We are in an era of cultural sameness. In this NYT (Gift) Video, Kirby Ferguson explains why “everything looks the same, sounds the same, is the same.” The Algorithm Has Been Hiding Something From You.