LIFESTYLES & W ELLNESS
algorithm
cataclysm
Donna’s been using her quarantine-distancing time wisely. A comment on the times: To the tune of “If I Only Had a Brain” We may not think we’re with ‘em But annoying algorithms Control our daily lives Search for recipes for muffins And our mailbox will be stuffin’ … itself With sneaky little spies. Google, Yahoo, Facebook Know wherever we look; They watch our every move. Where we go, what we’re buying … they Got our number, I ain’t lyin’, And it’s one we can’t remove. A muffin search elicited … brings Pop-ups unsolicited: Designer pans and mousse! Those muffins we were cravin’ Made computer screens a slave ‘n’ … cooked Our cupcakes and our goose. So next time we go looking For more than just some cookin’ … Let’s Be careful what we cursor. 1984’s Big Brothers And a few political others … can make Things a whole lot worser. We need a reverser.… …I know. Let’s give A.I. an impossible task. “Google. Find a recipe for a chayote muffin slathered in a fruit peel flambe, dotted with shreds of gold leaf and a splash of kumquat reduction, served on a fossil slab with mugwort mochi bathed in white chocolate.” Grease up a pan, Stan, I’m about to shovel a walloping slice of Gotcha down the Algorithm’s π-hole. by Donna Rhodes
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