Adam Aleksic talks about his new book 'Algospeak,' which details how algorithms are changing our vocabulary; plus, we check in with Hennessy + Ingalls bookstore.

But when I Google a word I don’t know and find myself on Wikipedia or the Collins English Dictionary as some of the top results, I don’t particularly feel like I’m making a decision, nor ...

Those results were originally calculated using an algorithm, which was set to be the method for grading the GCSEs. But just what is an algorithm and how does it work?