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Those two words are not interchangeable in this context. The algorithm is the code. The system, in your example, is the whole thing.

There's nothing wrong in making it clear that the code itself does not target social issues.



> There's nothing wrong in making it clear that the code itself does not target social issues.

I agree, and I suppose if you choose to read my comment completely free of the context of the rest of the thread, my attitude might not make sense. But when you realize he had also said to 'somehow' that he "thought that was the main point of the article?", it's obvious he was missing the forest for the trees.




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