When the Algorithm Tells Me Who I Am | Yanzhi Xiao | TEDxMCA Youth

When the Algorithm Tells Me Who I Am | Yanzhi Xiao | TEDxMCA Youth

The dilemma that the speaker seeks to solve is a modern one: are our identities determined by algorithms or by ourselves? She shares her anxiety online, and her social media feed is filled with similar content—no coincidence, just reinforcement. She uses Cooley’s “looking glass self” to demonstrate how algorithms have