{"id":23514,"date":"2026-06-14T11:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T09:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/have-i-been-influenced-or-is-this-actually-me-how-personal-taste-fell-out-of-fashion\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T11:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T09:37:15","slug":"have-i-been-influenced-or-is-this-actually-me-how-personal-taste-fell-out-of-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/have-i-been-influenced-or-is-this-actually-me-how-personal-taste-fell-out-of-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Have I been influenced, or is this actually me?\u2019 How personal taste fell out of fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our favourite music, clothes and books used to be markers of individuality \u2013 but the algorithm has made us all sheep. Meet the style rebels fighting back<\/p>\n

What are you into? What floats your boat? What music, films, clothes, art, books \u2013 anything, really \u2013 do you actually like? Do you find these\u00a0questions more difficult to answer than you would have done 10 years ago? How about 20? You do? You\u2019re not alone.<\/p>\n

It has become impossible to ignore: personal taste has been seriously debased \u2013 if not completely destroyed \u2013 by technological advancement. We know the internet has radically altered the way we form our opinions and beliefs. Now we\u2019re waking up to\u00a0another sobering truth: it has wrecked our capacity to form our own preferences.<\/p>\n

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\nOur favourite music, clothes and books used to be markers of individuality \u2013 but the algorithm has made us all sheep. Meet the style rebels fighting back
\nWhat are you into? What floats your boat? What music, films, clothes, art, books \u2013 anything, really \u2013 do you actually like? Do you find these\u00a0questions more difficult to answer than you would have done 10 years ago? How about 20? You do? You\u2019re not alone.
\nIt has become impossible to ignore: personal taste has been seriously debased \u2013 if not completely destroyed \u2013 by technological advancement. We know the internet has radically altered the way we form our opinions and beliefs. Now we\u2019re waking up to\u00a0another sobering truth: it has wrecked our capacity to form our own preferences. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our favourite music, clothes and books used to be markers of individuality \u2013 but the algorithm has made us all sheep. Meet the style rebels fighting back What are you into? What floats your boat? What music, films, clothes, art, books \u2013 anything, really \u2013 do you actually like? Do you find these\u00a0questions more difficult …<\/p>\n

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