“Tastemates”: somewhere out there is someone who likes all the same [books/movies/music etc] as you. 

Have an algorithm find that person and surface the things they love that you haven’t discovered yet.

Makes the recommendations more trustworthy.

Programming, philosophy, history, internet, startups, crypto.

Investor: a16zcrypto.com

Author: readwriteown.com

This was the original genius of last.fm’s musical neighbors. One of the first social use cases I fell in love with.

I've just started reusing last.fm for this very reason after leaving it dormant for years. I've set it up to scrobble my Sonos.

Complexity explorer. Residing in the liminal.

Just realised that last sentence sounds bizarre! 🤭