What We Lost When Search Stopped Making Us Think
The author argues that the quality of internet search has declined due to SEO-driven content and AI-generated filler that prioritizes ranking over accuracy. This shift forces users to navigate through low-quality information to find genuine answers.
Why it matters
The degradation of search utility impacts how society accesses information and highlights the tension between algorithmic optimization and human knowledge.
I want to talk about something that's been on my mind for a while: search has quietly gotten worse over the past several years, and I think it's worth being honest about why, and what it's actually costing us.
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