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Quote by K. Sello Duiker

“And Cape Town is not what it used to be. Foreigners have left their imprint on our culture.”

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K. Sello Duiker was a notable South African novelist whose works delved into the complexities of apartheid and its consequences. His writing frequently revolved around the lives of young individuals navigating a deeply divided society. His first novel, 'The Boy Who Cried Murder', earned him the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book Africa in 1999. Tragically, Duiker's life was cut short at the age of 30, but his contributions to contemporary African literature endure. more

“These algorithms, which I'll call public relevance algorithms, are-by the very same mathematical procedures-producing and certifying knowledge. The algorithmic assessment of information, then, represents a particular knowledge logic, one built on specific presumptions about what knowledge is and how one should identify its most relevant components. That we are now turning to algorithms to identify what we need to know is as momentous as having relied on credentialed experts, the scientific method, common sense, or the word of God.”