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Jon Hancock · 4d
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In 2009, a designer at Google quit because the company was testing forty-one shades of blue. The machine was making decisions he used to make. And the uncomfortable part is that it was often right.

This is a short film about A/B testing, algorithmic optimization, and the small act of ignoring both. About what it means to make something by hand in a world that can tell you, with a number, exactly what would have worked better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FrnyEggE4k