Jonathan Stray
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Oct 9, 2026
Jim McGowanHOST
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Jim McGowanHOST
so Jonathan Stray and Rene D' Resta were working on that one.
Jim McGowanHOST
You were working on that one for a bit.
Jim McGowanHOST
What's the, what's the pitch for My Sky, Alex?
Renee DiRestaGUEST
Green Earth is a feed that gives users that control, right? We actually wanted to go and try to build something.
Renee DiRestaGUEST
This is me and Jonathan Stray at Berkeley, our kind of co-PIs on this project, and we decided we were just gonna build a recommender system that users could use.
Renee DiRestaGUEST
And the thing that is different about it is you actually have sliders where you can make exactly those changes.
Renee DiRestaGUEST
You can say, "I wanna move my slider all the way to the left and only see stuff from friends.
Ben WhitelawHOST
I haven't actually been partaking in it, and so I only found out about it as a result of this New Public piece.
Ben WhitelawHOST
So it's a great interview with Rene DiResta and Jonathan Stray, who came up with the idea and have kind of rolled it out.
Ben WhitelawHOST
We talk about algorithms all the time on the podcast, Mike.
Ben WhitelawHOST
Platforms offer algorithms, but it's incredibly hard to see how they work, why you're being recommended certain content.