The Economy of Algorithms

An insider's guide to the invisible new economy that is reshaping our lives.

Welcome to the economy of algorithms. It's here and it's growing. In the past few years, we have been flooded with examples of impressive technology.

Algorithms have been around for hundreds of years, but they have only recently begun to 'escape' our understanding.

When algorithms perform certain tasks, they're not just as good as us, they're becoming infinitely better, and, at the same time, massively more surprising. We are so impressed by what they can do that we give them a lot of agency.