Courting the Algorithm: When Humans Write for Bots

SEO has become an unavoidable necessity for digital survival, yet it creates a troubling paradox: content must now be optimized for algorithms rather than human readers. This reflects a broader shift where language itself is subordinated to machine preferences, mirroring LinkedIn's culture of inflated self-promotion. The result is a dehumanizing form of communication where relevance is determined not by human value but by algorithmic approval.