CJ Arlow

Dystopian Author. Debut novel THE ALGO explores choice versus control in a system that optimizes people. Are you ready to see beyond?

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Thanks for the review @IndieReader! Excited for #THEALGO's release in the new couple of weeks. https://t.co/bmUy06S88w #WritingCommmunity #dystopian #books #book

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@Kacey_Combs Absolutely. Tons of easter eggs in my body of work. Isn't that fun!

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@writing_show In 3 weeks, the answer will be one 😊

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@AuthorGoodwin In a timeline not far, far away from our own. :)

Love this since THE ALGO is very much a step-outside-your-comfort-zone story.

What happens when the monsters we fight aren’t distant empires, but the systems we helped build, and who we become when we finally question them.

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I've been writing a novel about what happens when a society eliminates the arts entirely.

Not because I think that's inevitable. Because I think the logic that leads there is already visible. (If you know where to look.)

THE ALGO. #WritingCommunity https://t.co/5kmTOigaNa

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@lhallwriter Are your choices really yours? https://t.co/HDbaVr8BFS

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@Kacey_Combs Love the nod to King's Cross!

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@Kacey_Combs Book 2 of https://t.co/1Z9OUlromD

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@lhallwriter https://t.co/1Z9OUlromD
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Expertise is knowing the rules.
Wisdom is knowing when to set them aside.
We're building a lot of systems to capture expertise. Are any of them are capturing wisdom. #THEALGO

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@JenniferJe58626 https://t.co/Vm5DuARDtG

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Wonder requires not knowing what comes next.
We've gotten very good at predicting what comes next. I wonder if we've measured the cost of that accurately. #THEALGO

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There's a difference between a recommendation and a discovery.
The algorithm knows what you've liked before. It has no idea what you haven't encountered yet. #THEALGO

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I found my favorite coffee shop by getting lost. No app, no review. Just walked until something felt right.
I'm not sure I would have found it the other way. #THEALGO #Coffee

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We've built systems that remove uncertainty from almost every decision. Better routes. Smarter matches. Curated feeds.
I keep sitting with a question: what were we finding in all those uncertain moments? The ones the algorithm would have routed around. #THEALGO

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@lyssasphere Hemingway

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@lyssasphere Would add Rousseau and Hume.

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@KMCarlsonAuthor https://t.co/Vm5DuASbje

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@atlasjlively Hey Atlas, dystopian sci-fi where people's worth is measured by their efficiency score. Psychological sci-fi thriller. Would love to have you as a beta reader.