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An algorithm engineered to convert your outrage into engagement, learning exactly which furies keep you scrolling.
Each neighbor's angorithm had them both convinced that they had nothing in common and could never be friends.
Does it ring true?
From the future, or already here?
Anger + algorithm. Buried deeper is the Latin angor, “a strangling”; the root of anguish and angina. A perfect description for a feed that metaphorically grabs you by the throat and demands your attention.
Future Words: A Non-Obvious Glossary of Terms That Don’t Exist (But Soon Will) collects all 100, each with its example sentence and coinage notes, from the bestselling authors of The Future Normal. Hardcover, October 20, 2026.