You are what you were shown.
The Feed examines how algorithmic systems shape what we pay attention to, and how attention shapes what we become. The piece maps the information topology—the network of media sources, influencers, platforms, and ecosystems that construct different realities for different people.
The violence isn't that you're in a bubble. The violence is that you can't see what you're not being shown. The feed feels like "the world" but is actually a highly specific slice constructed to maximize engagement.
This piece asks you questions about current events, media consumption, and how you understand the world. Based on your answers, it maps your likely position in the information topology. It shows you which clusters are adjacent to yours, which are distant, and how the same events were framed differently across ecosystems.
The piece reveals what's usually invisible: the structure of algorithmic curation, the paths between information clusters, and the stories that were major news in one ecosystem but never reached another.
This isn't about telling you you're wrong, or that you're being manipulated. It's about making the pipes visible. Showing the infrastructure that precedes choice, the machinery that makes some information available and other information invisible.
The piece works not because it's perfectly accurate, but because it reveals that the topology exists. Even showing visitors where they might be, and showing what the other positions look like, achieves the goal: making visible the invisible structure of algorithmic curation.
Most people don't actively seek news. They encounter it incidentally through social media, conversations, and algorithmic feeds. Their information diet is determined by what algorithms show them, not what they choose. The Feed maps this passive consumption pattern—the incidental information environment that shapes understanding without conscious selection.
The information topology extends far beyond politics. People inhabit distinct bubbles for health, consumer products, entertainment, finance, and culture. The Feed reveals that information bubbles aren't just about political polarization—they're fundamental to how algorithmic systems structure reality across all domains of information.
You are here. You could only ever be somewhere. The question isn't how to escape your position—it's whether you knew you had one.