The Age of Sameness

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  "description": "We go to the same cafés, follow the same glossy lists, and sit in front of the same Netflix queue. Now we are also beginning to think the same, shaped in part by AI tools. Sameness has a long history. What began as a primal need for safety became structural with the Industrial Revolution, shaped by markets, politics, and broadcast culture. Algorithms accelerated this process, compressing cognition. Together, these forces have eroded the conditions for human creativity by disrupting rhythm. Sameness runs so deep that we feel it, but cannot name it. The Age of Sameness maps this crisis.",
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